Partner
1
Name: Liaquat Hussain Merchant
Firm: Liaquat Merchant Associates
Phone: +92 21 5835101-04
Email: jurispk@super.net.pk or Liaquat.merchant@liaquatmerchant.com
(activation date 30.06.04)
Description of current position: Senior Partner at Liaquat
Merchant Associates administering all the departments of the
firm.
Professional Career: Enrolled as Advocate High Court of Bombay
1964, enrolled as Advocate High Court of Sind 1968, enrolled
as Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan 1978, called to the
Bar at Grays Inn 1991. Attorney General of Pakistan for 2
years during 1985 and 1986 and appeared in important constitutional
cases for the Government of Pakistan. He resigned to resume
the private practice of law and remains to be involved in
major litigation in High/Supreme Court as well as in important
corporate/banking work in conjunction with the litigation
and corporate departments.
Current Positions Held: Executive trustee of Jinnah Foundation
and Quaid-e-Azam Aligarh Scholarship Trust which are Non-Governmental
Organizations (N.G.O) in the field of health and education.
Member, Legal/Consultative Committee, Government of Sind.
Al-Mehrab Tibi Imdaad. Member Board of Advisors ‘Promotion
of Education in Pakistan Trust’.
Publications of Note: Author of “Jinnah a Judicial
Verdict”, “The Jinnah Anthology”, “M.A.
Jinnah CD ROM Project and Website”.
Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati.
Education: Bachelors of Arts (Hons), Bachelors of Law, University
of Bombay, 1963, Barrister at Law, Grays Inn, London, 1991.
Partner 2
Name: Faresa Jafery Ahsan
Firm: Liaquat Merchant Associates
Phone: +92 21 5835101-04
Email: jurispk1@cyber.net.pk or Faresa.jafery.ahsan@liaquatmerchant.com
(activation date 30.06.04)
Description of current position: Partner at Liaquat Merchant
Associates heading the Corporate and Banking Department with
the help of eight associate advocates.
Professional Career: Called to the Bar at Grays Inn 1983,
admitted to Karachi Bar Association in 1984, made partner
at Liaquat Merchant Associates 1990.
Current Directorship: Founder Trustee Al-Mehrab Tibbi Imdad
– (Cancer Hospice Care), Trustee Jinnah Foundation,
Former Director Aga Fund for Culture.
Languages: English, Urdu, French.
Education: Bachelors of Arts (Hons), Bachelors of Law (Hons),
University of Buckingham, 1982, Barrister at Law, Grays Inn,
London, 1983.
Partner 3
Name: Akber Hayat Mirza.
Firm: Liaquat Merchant Associates
Phone: +92 21 5835101-04
Email: jurispk1@cyber.net.pk or Akber.Mirza@liaquatmerchant.com
(activation date 30.06.04)
Description of current position: Partner in charge of the
litigation department at Liaquat Merchant Associates. He has
a team of nine litigators working with him. Besides litigation
he also undertakes the work of Mergers and Acquisitions and
has a formidable practice in Insurance and Maritime Law.
Professional Career: Called to the Bar at Lincolns Inn 1957,
practiced up to 1971 in the High Court of East Pakistan, enrolled
as Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1965. Shifted to Karachi
in1971 and assisted the Senior Counsel in the famous trial
of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held in 1971, became a Partner at
Liaquat Merchant Associates in 1991.
Languages: English, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi.
Education: Bachelors of Arts, Government College Lahore,
Bachelors of Arts (Hons)UK, 1954, Barrister at Law, Lincolns
Inn, London, 1957.
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