Mr. Shaukat (Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn) has been enrolled as an advocate since 2002. In an extremely short span of time he has managed to develop a reputation of being creative in the areas of Project Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring and drafting of general corporate / commercial documents including EPC Contracts, software licensing, franchising and distributorship agreements. He regularly advises the KSE 100 companies, multinational companies, financial institutions, NBFC’s, insurance companies on matters pertaining to company laws, banking and finance, competition laws and income tax. Mr. Shaukat is an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan and often represents clients before the High Courts and Regulatory Authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Competition Commission and Ombudsman.  He has several reported judgments which have been published it the law reports of Pakistan.

In the recent past Mr. Shaukat has been advising the leading banks in Pakistan in structuring their finance and security documents for power projects. He has also been advising The Hub Power Company Limited, the largest power station to be financed by the private sector in Southern Asia and listed on Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges, in setting up an expansion facility i.e. power plant of 213 MW at Narowal - Pakistan. He recently negotiated various finance facilities of approximately Rs.25 Billion (from a consortium of local banks) for The Hub Power Company Limited.

Mr. Shaukat has successfully advised clients (listed companies) in making substantial acquisitions and takeovers under the Listed Companies (Substantial Acquisition of Voting Shares and Takeover) Ordinance 2002. He recently advised Suroor Investments Limited (a foreign entity) for acquiring a local bank in Pakistan.

Mr. Shaukat has recently acclaimed recognition in the real estate development sector and among others is advising TPL Group on matters pertaining to the development and sale of units in the tallest commercial building in Pakistan i.e. Centrepoint Project.

Mr. Shaukat practices from the Karachi office of the firm.