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February 22, 2024

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024: Top rankings for RIAA Barker Gillette (Pakistan)

RIAA Barker Gillette (Pakistan) has been ranked in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Guide as a Tier 1 Firm in four core practice areas. Two Partners have been ranked as leading individuals.

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RIAA Barker Gillette has been ranked as a top-tier firm in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide. The Legal 500 is a leading international legal directory that evaluates the capabilities of law firms worldwide by conducting extensive market research.

We have again been ranked in Tier 1 for each core practice area, i.e., Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution and Projects and Energy. Once again, partners Bilal Shaukat and Hasnain Naqvee have been recognized as “leading individuals” for their expertise in Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A and Projects and Energy.

Additionally, we have been recognized as a leading firm in the practice areas of Labour and Employment, Capital Markets, Insurance and Tax. Receiving acclaim in these diverse practice areas reflects our versatility and breadth of expertise and experience in handling complex legal issues.

Our professionalism and high standard of client service are lauded in Legal 500’s review, which contains numerous testimonials from our clients and peers. Our profile in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2024 can be accessed at The Legal 500 Guide – RIAA Barker Gillette.

An example of the many testimonials received by The Legal 500 is: “RIAA has always fostered a good relationship between clients, in-house counsel, and external lawyers by maintaining a prompt and efficient communication channel and a collaborative relationship to reach better levels of trust.”

We are delighted to receive recognition from leading legal directories consistently and are grateful for the feedback provided by our clients and peers on our ability to provide commercially sound legal solutions. We aim to ensure we continue to maintain our reputation of providing top-tier and high-quality service to our clients across distinct practice areas and industry sectors.

This article is not legal advice; it provides information of general interest about current legal issues.


RIAA Barker Gillette is Pakistan’s premier law firm, with an on-the-ground presence in four major cities in Pakistan: Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar, and affiliated offices in Dubai (DIFC) and London.

The firm practices in all areas of corporate, commercial and dispute resolution law. Leading international legal directories consistently recognize the firm as a top-tier law firm in Pakistan.

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RIAA Barker Gillette is the exclusive member firm in Pakistan for Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in over 125 countries worldwide.  

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  • Chambers Asia Pacific 2022
    "RIAA are responsive, professional and polite in explaining their advice, well researched in their opinions, and reliable in their response time… they also share commercial and operational consequences of the options presented in their advice. We are very happy with their support…." - Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

  • The Legal 500 2022
    “RIAA has an excellent litigation practice that advises on the full range of contentious issues as well as international arbitrations. The practice regularly handles all forms of civil, commercial, corporate, regulatory and white-collar crime matters before all the courts in Pakistan. It has extensive experience in a diverse range of industry sectors …” – The Legal 500 2022

  • Chambers Asia Pacific 2022
    "We find them to be extremely professional and responsive. They are meticulous in raising all the right legal points but at the same time are very solution-oriented in helping to structure the transactions in the right way to fully protect our legal rights." – Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

  • The Legal 500 2022
    “The team has an excellent track record of working on some of the most significant projects in Pakistan throughout the years.” – The Legal 500 2022 

  • Legal 500 2021
    We have worked with RIAA Barker Gillette for many years on a number of matters, including regulatory issues, labor, general corporate, competition law, and tax matters…..We have found high-quality lawyers across disciplines, who are able to balance the requirement for technically sound advice while also being practical and solution-orientated - Legal 500 2021

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