{"id":1584,"date":"2016-07-01T15:12:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/pk\/?post_type=our-team&#038;p=1584"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:38:36","slug":"shahbakht-pirzada","status":"publish","type":"our-team","link":"https:\/\/riaabarkergillette.com\/pk\/our-team\/shahbakht-pirzada\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahbakht Pirzada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partner<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shahbakht Pirzada is a partner in the Firm&#8217;s Karachi office, advising Pakistani and international businesses across contentious and advisory matters for over 13 years. He has practiced as a project finance and M&amp;A lawyer, negotiated complex commercial contracts, and represented clients in litigation and arbitration; spanning contract, tax, arbitration, company, trade, telecommunications, and intellectual property law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His practice today centers on dispute resolution and Pakistan law opinions. He represents clients in matters before Pakistan&#8217;s courts and arbitral tribunals, and is regularly instructed by foreign law firms, multinational companies, foreign courts and arbitral tribunals to advise on the Pakistani elements of cross-border and intra-group matters. Alongside this, he advises on commercial and governmental affairs and conducts corporate, internal and HR investigations. Clients value him for clear, practical answers to the questions that businesses operating in, or doing business with, Pakistan most often face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Education<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London School of Economics and Political Science<\/a>, LL.B (Hons), 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpp.com\/courses\/law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BPP<\/a> Law School, Bar Professional Training Course, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Experience<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>External counsel to Chevron in Pakistan on advisory and litigation matters, a relationship spanning more than five years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acted in arbitration proceedings in the telecommunications and power-purchase sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepared expert opinions on Pakistan law for courts in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, and to arbitral tribunals seated in Singapore and London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Languages<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urdu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sindhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Memberships<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sindh Bar Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of the High Courts and Subordinate Courts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honourable Society of Lincoln&#8217;s Inn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Practices<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/riaabarkergillette.com\/pk\/our-expertise\/our-practices\/dispute-resolution\/\">Dispute Resolution<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Arbitration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pakistan Law Opinions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/riaabarkergillette.com\/pk\/our-expertise\/our-practices\/corporate-and-ma\/\">Corporate &amp; Commercial Advisory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Government &amp; Regulatory 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