RIAA advises on acquisition of Uch Power Plants in Pakistan
RIAA Barker Gillette successfully advised Sapphire Fibres Limited and Mindbridge (Private) Limited in their acquisition of the Uch Power plants with combined capacity of 990MW. The cross-border power sector acquisition marks a key development in private sector investment in Pakistan’s power sector.
RIAA secures victory in landmark input tax adjustment case
RIAA Barker Gillette successfully resolves tax dispute for multinational client, setting precedent on input tax adjustments for services received by Pakistani businesses from non-resident service providers.
RIAA Barker Gillette ranks high in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
RIAA Barker Gillette has been highly ranked in multiple practice areas in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific guide. The firm's dispute resolution, corporate/M&A, projects & energy and banking & finance practices received top-tier rankings.
RIAA Advises on Landmark TAPI Pipeline Host Agreement in Afghanistan
RIAA Barker Gillette has successfully advised TAPI Pipeline Company Limited on the Host Government Agreement for Afghanistan's Herat province, ensuring compliance with Afghan law and Sharia principles for the multibillion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. This landmark achievement marks the first major infrastructure project to move forward in Afghanistan since August 2021, setting a precedent for regional cooperation.
We are pleased to have again been recognised as a leading law firm in Pakistan in the Chambers Asia Pacific Guide 2025, published by Chambers and Partners.
Increasing tax revenues has proven to be a significant challenge for recent Pakistani governments. The stagnation of the tax to GDP ratio to around 10 percent has widely been attributed to a host of inter-connected factors including weak enforcement, fragmented revenue administrations, low compliance by taxpayers, generous and distortionary exemptions and concessions to entire sectors of the economy and narrow tax bases.
Memorandum on Companies Ordinance, 2016 – Salient Changes
The Companies Ordinance, 2016 (the “2016 Ordinance”) was promulgated on 11 November 2016 and repealed the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (the “1984 Ordinance”), save for the provisions appearing in Sections 282A to 282N of the 1984 Ordinance relating to Non-Banking Finance Companies. This memorandum outlines the material changes brought about by the 2016 Ordinance.
