Mr. Afridi graduated from the University of Peshawar Law College in Pakistan and was a partner in Orr, Dignam & Co. in Pakistan before moving to the UAE.  He has practiced law since 1958 and is a member of the Pakistan and International Bar Associations.

Mr. Afridi is the UAE Correspondent for the International Construction Law Review published by Lloyd's of London Press and also sits on the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, representing Pakistan.

Mr. Afridi has been practising corporate law in the UAE since 1975 and is amongst the most reputed corporate lawyers of the region.

Mr. Afridi practices from the Islamabad office of the Firm and also looks after the Chinese representative office of the Firm.