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Zubair Nasar

Associate

Zubair Nasar is an Associate at the Islamabad Office of RIAA Barker Gillette. He primarily assists the firm’s partner in charge, Yousaf Khosa, on international and domestic arbitrations and handles a wide range of litigation matters relating to contractual/commercial disputes before various courts in Islamabad, including the District Courts and High Court.

Education
  • LLB Hons University of London External Programme (Completion date November 2018)
  • LLM Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution from City University London (Completion date December 2020)
  • Barrister Training Course from BPP University London (Completion date October 2021)
  • Healy’s LLP London May 2020 till July 2022
  • QB Law & Co. June 2021 till Jan 2023
Languages
  • English
  • Pashto
  • Urdu
Memberships
  • Honourable Society of the Lincoln’s Inn (Called to the Bar of England & Wales March 2022)
  • Advocate High Court – Balochistan Bar Council
Practices

Arbitration and Litigation (Dispute Resolution) as follows:

  • International arbitrations pertaining to Oil and Gas disputes.
  • Domestic arbitrations pertaining to construction disputes.
  • Litigation pertaining to various commercial/contractual disputes.
Recognition and awards

Scored a Distinction mark in LLM thesis titled “ADR laws of England & Wales and Pakistan, In what ways can they be developed?”

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