Practice Area
Commercial Law, Lawyers & Litigation in Pakistan
Soft Law Firm
Commercial Law, Lawyers & Litigation in Pakistan
Soft Law Firm has a strong and broadly based international commercial law practice. We have a team of lawyers who specialise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements. These range from strategic alliances to substantial one-off contracts (e.g. outsourcing, systems management and project development agreements) to repeat contracts and umbrella contracts with sub contractors and suppliers. The commercial law team has a particular focus on the way in which products and services are brought to market and promoted and has considerable expertise in the fields of marketing, advertising and sponsorship.
Our expertise in commercial law also gives our clients a significant advantage in more complex corporate transactions and de-mergers as, increasingly, there is a need for advice on strategic business contracts in the context of a corporate deal, for example to deal with transitional services issues or on-going supply arrangements. Specialist commercial law expertise combined with sectoral experience results in an in-depth understanding of the key business issues which need to be managed from a legal perspective which can be particularly helpful to private equity houses and investment banks.
Our aim is to always to add value to our clients' businesses by assisting them to achieve their commercial objectives in the most practical way using our expertise and commercial awareness. We are particularly conscious of the need to protect and promote clients' legal interests effectively in the context of urgent and sensitive commercial situations. Our team is familiar with the range of specialist issues which can arise in day-to-day commercial dealings, such as competition law issues and the need to protect intellectual property rights. We work closely with other experts in the firm and are used to drawing together a number of specialist issues to provide the effective overall legal solutions which deliver the commercial objectives.
The Commercial Law Counseling Group provides a complete range of commercial law services to Soft Law Firm's local, national and international clients. The Group handles a variety of complex transactions, including mergers, asset acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, leasing transactions and financing, bankruptcy related transactions, and business startups, as well as the preparation of contracts of all types. In addition, because companies law is often selected as the governing law for major national and international transactions, the Group works with both in-house and regular outside counsel in the structuring and documenting of such transactions and provides legal opinions required at closing.
Domains Associated With Commercial Law
Our Approach
When companies enter into relationships with lenders and other business partners, the terms of those agreements are critical and often complex. ZA-LLPs' Commercial Lending, Banking, Bond, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group provides guidance that produces mutually beneficial relationships across the entire spectrum of commercial relationships.
Our Attorneys
We are a multi-disciplinary team with more than 20 attorneys which prides itself on achieving client goals on time and within budget.
Our Clients
Our clients include companies of all sizes in many industries and the institutions that finance their operations and growth, such as banks, finance companies and insurance companies. We also serve bond issuers and underwriters.
Our Practice
We represent nationally and locally prominent commercial banks, finance companies, insurance companies and other lenders, as well as borrowers in connection with all aspects of secured and unsecured financing arrangements of all sizes. Those arrangements include:
- Revolving and term loans;
- Secured transactions (including asset based lending, chattel paper financing, floor plan financing and aircraft and vessel financing);
- Commercial mortgage loans;
- Intercreditor agreements and loan syndications and participations;
- Seller-financed transactions;
- Leveraged buy-outs;
- Venture capital financing;
- Letters of credit and reimbursement agreements;
- Foreign exchange transactions;
- Commercial leasing and equipment financing;
- Leveraged leases;
- Agriculture finance;
- Purchase of individual loans and loan portfolios;
- Interest rate swaps and other derivative transactions; and
- Sales of accounts and other off-balance sheet financing.
Our focus on strategic issues and our familiarity with various industries allows us to assist our clients in negotiating terms that protect them throughout the lending relationship.