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Malik Asfandyar Khan

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Malik Asfandyar Khan is an associate at RIAA Barker Gillette’s Islamabad office. He assists the Firm’s partners on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on, transactional advisory, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate litigation, and international trade law. Asfandyar brings cross-jurisdictional experience across Pakistan, the United States, and Canada.

Education
  • LL.B (Hons) – BPP University Law School, London (UK)
  • Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law – University of London (UK)
  • Post-Graduate Certificate – Humber College, Toronto (Canada)
Experience
  • CounselX – New York, USA.
  • Rose Law Firm – Oregon, USA.
  • Barsols Legal Consultants – Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Emerge Law – Toronto, Canada.
  • Jamal and Jamal Advocates and Legal Consultants – Islamabad, Pakistan.
Languages
  • English
  • Urdu
Memberships
  • Punjab Bar Council
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  • Advising a global technology company on Pakistan market entry

    RIAA Barker Gillette has advised a leading global consumer technology company on its potential Pakistan market entry. The advice covered the legal, regulatory and policy framework relevant to expansion into the country.

    The engagement reflects two converging trends. Pakistan’s digital transformation continues to accelerate, whil...


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  • High Court halts super tax recovery against individual taxpayer

    RIAA Barker Gillette has secured an interim order from a Division Bench of the High Court of Sindh, Karachi. The order restrains the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from coercive super tax recovery against an individual taxpayer.

    The FBR pursued recovery under Section 4C of the Income Tax Or...


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  • Coal Supply Safeguarded in High-Stakes Pakistan Energy Dispute

    RIAA Barker Gillette has secured the suspension of an injunction that threatened to disrupt coal offloading for Huaneng Shandong Ruyi (Pakistan) Energy, a 1320 MW imported coal-fired power plant central to Pakistan's generation mix. The appellate court's decision restored operational flexibility in a complex Pakistan energy dispute spanning multiple agreements, a foreign-seated arb...


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  • E-Commerce Advisory on Customs Valuation in Pakistan

    RIAA Barker Gillette recently advised one of the world’s fastest-growing international e-commerce platforms on customs valuation in Pakistan and import compliance. The engagement addressed the platform’s expanding operations in Pakistan amid evolving regulatory requirements for cross-border digital commerce.


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  • RIAA defeats ship arrest of M/V Lady Ileen amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis

    The Strait of Hormuz crisis has produced a new wave of shipping disputes — diverted voyages, stranded cargoes, war-risk invocations — with Pakistan's admiralty courts at Karachi emerging as a key forum. Against that backdrop, last week the Sindh High Court released M/V Lady Ileen, a Palau-flagged bulk carrier arrested at Karachi since March 2026. The Court acted on a jurisd...


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