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Azwar Shakeel

Associate

Azwar Shakeel is an associate based in our Lahore office. His main areas of practice include corporate matters, regulatory compliance, labour disputes, legislative drafting, project development, and dispute resolution.

Apart from his role with the firm, Azwar routinely contributes articles on legal and socio-political topics for various newspapers, including Dawn and The News. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also awarded him the Fakhruddin G Ebrahim Fellowship, and he has been working as a consultant to prepare a report on the rights implications of human smuggling in Pakistan.

Azwar Shakeel holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned distinction at the Bar and was awarded the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Prize for outstanding academic achievements. The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn admitted him to the Bar of England and Wales.  

Education
  • BA (University of California Berkeley)
  • Graduate Diploma in Law
  • Bar-at-Law, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom
  • LLM
Languages
  • English
  • Urdu
Memberships
  • The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
  • Punjab Bar Council
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Recognition and awards
  • Distinction at the Bar
  • Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Prize for securing the highest aggregate marks in the International Commercial Trade and International ADR specialisms
  • Fakhruddin G Ebrahim Fellow at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan  
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