Professionals – Syed Noman Zahid Ali & Associates

Practicing law for over 10 years and rendering general legal advice and opinions as well as conducting cases in courts, including High Courts, banking courts and various special courts and tribunals. Recently appointed as a lawyer on the panel of Advocate General Sindh for representing the provincial government in all matters in the High Court of Sindh.

In 2015, represented NIB Bank in the High Court of Sindh at Karachi in five (5) Constitution Petitions filed by the Bank’s Customers seeking exemption from imposition, levy and deduction of withholding tax on bank accounts of employees’ benevolent funds.

In 2016, on the instructions from Sindh Bank Ltd. obtained a status quo order from the Honourable High Court of Sindh at Karachi against imposition of professional and property tax by the Clifton Cantonment Board. Actively, representing banks, including NIB Bank, Sindh Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd. in banking recovery suits in the High Court of Sindh, Banking Courts and Special Banking Judge (Banking Offences Courts) at Karachi.

Since 2015, actively assisting Mr. Shoukat Hayat Advocate Supreme Court as part of the team defending Shoaib Shaikh and Others in Axact Scandal before the Sessions Court at Karachi and the Honourable High Court of Sindh at Karachi.

Past Experience

LIAQUAT MERCHANT ASSOCIATES (2001 to 2013)
Worked as a Senior Associate at Liaquat Merchant Associates which is a first tier law firm in Banking, Insurance, Shipping, Medical and Clinical Negligence, Islamic Banking and Corporate Advisory, according to the Chambers and Partners and Asia Pacific Legal 500. Joined the firm as a paralegal after graduating from College in 2001.

Expertise

Providing advisory and consultancy services to clients on corporate, legal and constitutional matters.
Managing, organizing and maintaining clients’ Intellectual Property Assets, registration, protection, breach and infringement.
Representing clients and independently handling and conducting cases in various courts, tribunals & forums, including the High Court of Sindh at Karachi, District and Banking Courts and other tribunals, including Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Board of Investment, State Bank of Pakistan and Registrar of Firms and Sub-Registrars.
Drafting and vetting all types of contracts and negotiating contracts.
Educating, advising, and counseling clients on relevant legal issues.
Liaison with paralegals, junior associates in the firm and external advocates, consultants and representatives of the clients for case-related work. Dealing with foreign-based clients.

Professional Membership

Member of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC)
Member of the Karachi Bar Association (KBA)
Member of the Sindh High Court Bar Association Council (SHCBA)

Before joining “Syed Noman Zahid Ali & Associates” in 2014, Shahid Ali Khan worked over 32 years with “Mansoor Ahmad Khan & Company” a renowned Banking, Commercial and Civil Litigation law firm of the country.

During his stay with “Mansoor Ahmad Khan & Company”, Shahid Ali Khan had the privilege and honour of working under late Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court and to assist him in preparing all banking and commercial matters and pleadings.

Shahid Ali Khan brings with him a wealth of practical knowledge and understanding of law and is well conversant with the practice and procedures at the Courts. Due to his soft, friendly and helping nature, he proves to be the best trainer for many young litigators entering the field of law.

Shahid Ali Khan handles banking, leasing, shipping, commercial and civil litigation of the firm and is very attentive and dedicated to his work and clients.

Afzal Ahmed is a seasoned and senior advocate of the High Courts and handles banking, shipping, corporate, commercial and civil litigation of the firm.

Previously, he worked for 25 years as Senior Associate at “Liaquat Merchant Associates (‘LMA’)” where he found the opportunity of not only exclusively handling banking, shipping and civil litigation but training a host of juniors, including Syed Noman Zahid Ali at LMA.

Afzal Ahmed is well attentive and receptive to critical comments and observations of clients and the Bench. Apart from legal profession, Afzal Ahmed devout time to activities related to the profession and legal professionals by holding honourary positions of President and General Secretary to the Karachi Bar Association Cooperative Housing Society and member / office bearer of the Sindh High Court Bar Association.

Afzal Ahmed also does philanthropic and social welfare works through his Hashmi Welfare Trust a charitable trust for the underprivileged segment of the society.

Seema Parveen is a joint partner at Syed Noman Zahid Ali & Associates and provides corporate and commercial advisory / consultancy services to the firm’s clients.

Seema Parveen is very hard working and dedicated resource of the firm and actively participates and renders advice on critical matters. She has worked for several years with Mr. Akbar H. Mirza in his firm with the name and style of “Mirza & Rassani” and handled a lot of civil, rent and shipping cases of the firm.

Seema Parveen has also worked as Manager (in-house counsel) at Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, where she regularly assisted Pakistan Steel Mills’ panel advocates in a variety of cases.

Mr. Yousaf Amanat with his strong and dedicated team heads the Islamabad Office of the firm and has in-depth experience in contentious and non-contentious matters, including but not limited to drafting of corporate, commercial instruments and documents and advisory services ranging all areas of civil, corporate, commercial and banking laws. The firm’s Islamabad office has diverse litigation experience in handling complex commercial, civil disputes and constitutional matters to clients in all tribunals and courts.