PARTNER
ZAIN SAKANDER
Admitted to Practice 2008
LLM (Commercial and Corporate Law) London
PGD (Banking and Finance) London
LLB (Hons.) London
Professional Affiliations
Member, Punjab Bar Council and Lahore High Court Bar Association
Advocate, Lower and High Courts
Expertise
Corporate, commercial, constitutional and banking laws, dispute resolution, conveyance and real property matters, election matters, food laws, intellectual property, negotiation of contracts, advising on regulatory and legal issues, infrastructure projects, advising and structuring financial transactions and company matters. Work involved is contentious and non-contentious.
Professional Engagements
- Advising, drafting, presenting and approving various Merger/scheme of arrangement from the Honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore.
- Acted and advised in various winding-up proceedings and prevention of oppression and mis-management before the Honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore.
- Conducted Merger/scheme of arrangement as chairperson of the Companies.
- Represented a legacy dairy business before the Honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore and regulatory authorities in an illegal seizure. Successfully obtained immediate interim relief and ensured continuance of business operations.
- Conducted litigation and restrained DISCOs from encashing performance guarantees in multiple cases before the Honourabel Lahore High Court, Lahore and commercial courts of Lahore.
- Conducted litigation and effectively restrained government authorities and land mafia from illegally usurping commercial property worth US $ 20 Million by obtaining multiple injunctive orders from the Honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore and the lower courts of Lahore.
- Represented esteemed Senator of the Parliament of Pakistan in hearing before the Honourable Election Commission of Pakistan against show cause notice based on misconceived notion of holding dual office and successfully ensured withdrawal of the same on the first date of hearing.
- Representing All Pakistan Restaurant Association before Competition Commission of Pakistan (“CCP”) against online/app-based food delivery services company, abusing its dominant position in the market by leveraging exemption granted by the CCP under the Loyalty Agreement.
- Filed and argued constitutional petition on which the Honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore formed a new bench pertaining to school security matters. This petition culminated in the promulgation of the Punjab Vulnerable Institutions Ordinance, 2015 by the Government of Punjab.
- Drafted and advised in various Finance facilities and Security Documents.
- Advising and drafting service level agreements for call centres and other information technology companies.
- Acted as legal counsel to technology companies in establishing and introducing new technology devices.
- Providing assistance and consultancy services on various transactions to Oil and Petroleum companies.
- Alternate Dispute Resolution Lawyer.
- Giving legal opinions to corporate and banking sectors on complex legal issues.
- Acted on various issues pertaining to procedural and constitutional law.