SURRIDGE AND BEECHENO - Key Persons
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- M.a ( International Relations ), LL.B. ( Karachi University ) Advocate
Asma Hameed Khan has joined the firm in the year 2009. She is enrolled as an Advocate of High Court and a member of Lahore Bar Association, Punjab Bar Association, and High court Bar Association. She did her law graduation from one of the prestigious Universities of Pakistan and a fellow of University of Oregon, USA. She has obtained Masters (Political Science) Degree and has also done Diploma in Intellectual Property Laws.
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- Associate / Partner at Lahore
- Hons. ( Economics ) LL.B
Mr. Aftab A. Khan joined as an Associate/Partner at Lahore office of the firm during the year 1963-1964, when the Chief Judge of the Sindh High Court Sir George Constantine, after having retired, opened Lahore office of Surridge and Beecheno. During the decade of 1960's under the Indus Basin Treaty, Mangla Dam, Linked Canals and Marala Barrage were being constructed, Mr Khan advised Mangla Dam contractors, Kaiser Engineers & Canal Constructors, international / American companies, constructing link canals throughout Punjab.
Mr Khan also advised major contractors at Tarbela Dam Project and also Daewoo Corporation, an international contractor, who constructed Lahore-Islamabad Motorway Project throughout the tenure of the project and attended to all their contractual legal problems from time to time.
He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Lahore High Court in the year 1958 and as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in the year 1993 and attended hundreds of cases for and on behalf of major clients, like Pakistan Television Corporation, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Daewoo Corporation, Philips and Sandoz Pakistan Limited and Pearl Intercontinental Hotel.
Job Titles:
- Barrister - at - Law ( Lincoln 's Inn ), Advocate
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- Advocate High Courts of Pakistan
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- Barrister
- Member of the General Council of the Bar of England & Wales
- Trainer at the Directors Training Programme
He was called to the bar in 2004 by the Honourable Society of the Lincoln's Inn, UK. He has also done LL.M. (UK) in Commercial Laws in 2001. He has also done P.G.Dip in law (UK), LL.B. (Pak) in 1995 and he also holds a qualification of Associate Engineering (Mech, Pak). In addition to being a consultant, advocate, Barrister Tariq is also an Accredited Mediator & Master Trainer for Mediators from C.E.D.R. (UK).
As a senior Associate with a standing of Nine (09) years with the firm, Tariq heads the Corporate & Commercial Laws section of the Lahore office of Surridge & Beecheno. He also works as a Commercial & Corporate laws consultant and is one of the lead litigators of Surridge & Beecheno. Tariq has also acted as a Mediator in a number of successful mediations involving disputes related to breach of contract, aviation, international trade laws etc. Being a UK trained expert in the art of Mediation Advocacy, the firm takes pride in providing his services as an expert Mediation Advocate.
During his career as a legal consultant and advocate, Tariq has advised clients in the fields including but not limited to Aviation, Banking, Insurance, International Trade, Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment, Defense Suppliers, Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Construction & Engineering, Energy, Investment, Privatization, Restructuring, Amalgamation, Syndication, Imports & Exports, Taxation, Customs Tariffs, Automobiles Industry, and have handled matters related to Corporate, Commercial Laws including Agreements/Contracts Negotiations Drafting & Vetting, ADR & Mediation, WTO Laws, Information Technology Laws, Employment Matters, Competition Laws, Insolvency/Winding Up Matters, Contract, Agency, Supply Chain, Intellectual Property, Partnership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Shipping, Tax, Environmental Matters, Medical Negligence/Malpractice Matters & Family Matters. He regularly advises and assists World Bank Doing Business assignments.
Tariq is also a trainer at the Directors Training Programme for the Directors of Listed Companies and also teaches Corporate & Commercial laws, Information Technology Laws, International Trade, WTO Laws and Forensic Law as visiting faculty of a number of institutes. He has also been involved in training of Accredited Mediators arranged by IFC and in Train the Trainers programme.
Membership in Professional Societies: Tariq is a member of the General Council of the Bar of England & Wales, UK, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, UK, Ex member management committee of the Hillingdon Law Center, Hayes, Middlesex, UK, Vice President Pakistan Mediators Association, Punjab Bar Council, Lahore High Court Bar and District Bar Lahore, Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Mediation Center, Lahore. He is also the Vice President (Punjab) of the Pakistan Mediators Association.
Conferences: He has read papers in International Conferences on Nuclear Waste Management Disposal Laws, Trade Remedial Laws of Pakistan, Prevention of Cyber Crimes, Competition Laws etc., held in U.K., Geneva, Italy, india and Pakistan.
His knowledge and understanding of demands of the Corporate Commercial business community, keen eye at needs of the clients and finding a suitable solution for the parties who seek advice, consultancy, and advocacy and/or mediation service makes him an ideal choice as an Advocate, Consultant and/or as a Mediator.
Job Titles:
- Barrister - at - Law ( Lincoln 's Inn ), LL.M. ( International Commercial Law ), Advocate