Shahmeer N. Arshad

Partner

Shahmeer N. Arshad’s practice spans corporate and M&A, real estate and development, banking and finance, and dispute resolution, complemented by tax, employment and intellectual property work. He advises listed and unlisted companies, industrial groups, banks and financial institutions, regulatory authorities and utilities on both transactional and contentious matters, and is recognised for structuring complex, multi-party transactions and for obtaining extraordinary relief in matters involving the most intricate questions of law.

On the transactional side, he has led some of the market’s most significant real-estate and development structures, including a PKR 94 billion real-estate investment trust (REIT) implemented through a special-purpose vehicle, a PKR 10 billion residential joint venture and multi-billion-rupee shareholder and customer-return restructurings, together with share acquisitions and exits. His banking and finance practice covers financing structures, security documentation and Shariah-compliant arrangements on both lender- and borrower-side mandates, including the legal audit of a portfolio of over 600 house-finance transactions for a leading commercial bank.

He also maintains an active dispute resolution practice before the superior courts and specialised tribunals – including the Lahore High Court (Lahore and Multan benches), the Peshawar High Court, the Banking Court, the Insurance Tribunal and the Intellectual Property Tribunal – acting in tax references, banking and insurance disputes, intellectual property matters and regulatory litigation. He combines decisive advocacy with a commercial, outcome-oriented approach.