Partner
Nadir Altaf is based in Islamabad and specialises in project financing, energy, corporate/commercial, regulatory law and dispute resolution.
He has acted on multi-billion dollar investments in Pakistan’s infrastructure and energy sector; handled regulatory matters; negotiated and finalized project documents, EPC and O&M contracts; and handled commercial and legal issues concerning all technologies, including thermal and renewable energy.
His energy and natural resources expertise includes the development of large hydro, gas or coal power projects and other thermal power projects, solar power projects and wind projects. He also acts for public sector entities on matters relating to the distribution, wheeling, transmission, generation and sale of electricity.
His clientele includes leading business houses of Pakistan, local and foreign sponsors and lenders, commissioned independent power producers (IPPs), captive power producers (CPPs), small power producers (SPPs), new captive power producers (NCPPs), off-grid projects and bulk power consumers.
Nadir Altaf represents clients in litigation and arbitration involving corporate and commercial matters. He has represented clients in the high courts and civil courts in writ jurisdiction, statutory, contractual and tortious claims.
Education
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, LLM (Business & Trade Law), 2000
- University of Punjab, LLB, 1993
Experience
- Partner since 2008;
- Advised on legal and policy issues relating to private and PPP projects;
- Representing (foreign & local) sponsors and lenders of large solar, wind, hydropower, biomass & bagasse (co-gen), thermal (HSD/RFO, coal & gas) power projects, inter alia, under the respective federal (AEDB/PPIB) and provincial power policies (& AJ&K) and representing commissioned IPPs, CPPs, SPPs, NCPPs, bulk power consumers on governmental and regulatory compliances relating to their generation and distribution activities, licensing and tariff matters, bilateral contracts and second tier authorizations, distribution franchising etc.
- Advised clients on electricity distribution, transmission (grid), wheeling, generation and sale of electricity-
- Acted as a co-lead on USAIDs (IRGs) US$ 60mm Pakistan Power Distribution Improvement Program
- DDR and Risk Evaluation;
- Represented in Expert Determination and Arbitrations;
- Corporate restructuring, shareholding and M&A matters;
- Regulatory law practice and compliance;
- Public procurement and PPP;
- Construction (EPC), operations & maintenance issues;
- Handled litigation involving constitutional, corporate and commercial matters
- Drafting legal documents & documents with legal implications
Languages
- English
- Urdu
Memberships
- Advocate High Court
- Punjab Bar Council
- High Court Bar Association
- Islamabad Bar Association
