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Nishtar & Zafar is a premier business law firm in Pakistan handling legal matters covering corporate, commercial law, company law, tax laws, energy laws, telecom, cross-border investment, and international trade.

Corporate Excellence Meets Legal Expertise

We handle business transactions including M&A, company incorporation, corporate governance, privatization, and public-private partnerships. Our lawyers combine legal expertise with business and financial acumen to solve complex challenges.

Regulatory Navigation & Litigation Support

We provide comprehensive litigation services across Supreme Court, High Courts, and specialized tribunals. Our legislative advisory and advocacy services help businesses navigate regulatory requirements in Pakistan's globalized environment.

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Nishtar & Zafar - Award Winning Law Firm

Welcome to Nishtar & Zafar

Nishtar & Zafar is a premier business law firm in Pakistan handling legal matters covering corporate, commercial law, company law, tax laws, energy laws, telecom, cross-border investment, international trade including anti-dumping law, mergers & acquisitions, competition law and the whole gamut of legal issues, including dealing with regulators, that a modern corporation has to comply with in doing business in the globalized business environment.

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Practice Areas

Taxation

  • Income, corporate & employee tax
  • Sales, excise & provincial taxes
  • International tax & treaties

Taxation

We regularly advice on income tax, employee taxation, executive compensation taxation, corporate tax, sales tax (VAT), federal excise, provincial sales taxes and excises, international taxation, international transfer pricing, withholding provisions of taxes including treaties

Corporate

  • Authorities & regulator dealings
  • Business rights protection
  • Admin & judicial enforcement

Corporate

We handle business transactions including negotiation, drafting, and review of contracts and other agreements formation of business firms, company incorporation, corporate governance, M&A, privatization, spin offs, divestitures, public private partnership (PPP)

Administrative & Constitutional

  • Authorities & regulator dealings
  • Business rights protection
  • Admin & judicial enforcement

Administrative & Constitutional

Businesses day-to-day have to interact with authorities and regulators seeking administrative facilitation and rights granted by the constitution. Enforcement of those rights, at times, have to sought through administrative or judicial review.

Public Private Partnership

  • Pakistan’s first PPP framework
  • Hired by multilateral organization
  • For Sindh Province (2009)

Public Private Partnership

We are proud say that we developed the first legal framework for the Public Private Partnership in the country when we are hired by a key multilateral organization to develop PPP framework for the Province of Sindh in 2009.

Litigation

  • Contentious litigation
  • Supreme & High Courts
  • Tribunals & tax appeals

Litigation

For contentious solutions we litigate at Supreme Court, High Courts, Tax Tribunal, Customs Tribunal, Antidumping Tribunal, Federal Services Tribunal, tax appeal forums

Legislative Advisory & Advocacy

  • Legislative advisory & drafting
  • Advocacy & liaison with legislatures
  • Developing statutory frameworks

Legislative Advisory & Advocacy

Legislative advisory, legislative drafting, advocacy, liaising with federal and provincial legislatures to assist in developing statutory frameworks
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Services

We Champion the Bold to Achieve the Extraordinary

Corporate & Commercial Law
Taxation & Financial Advisory
Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Who we are
Leading Provider of Analytics and Financial Services
Recognition

Finovate Consulting Named a Agentforce Partner
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Who we are

Premier Business Law Firm in Pakistan

At Nishtar & Zafar, we are a business and commercial law firm with a proud reputation of delivering customized business-friendly legal and management solutions in facing challenging deadlines. Our professionals are trained at the world’s top institutions including Harvard, Lincoln’s Inn, University of London, and Australian National University.

01. Excellent Lawyers

02. Affordable consultations
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About Nishtar & Zafar
Our team
25+ Years
Our Story

Excellence in Business Law Since 1998

Nishtar & Zafar is a business and commercial law firm with a proud reputation of delivering customized business-friendly legal and management solutions. Our professionals cover a broad spectrum of legal, business, and policy consulting assignments.

We proudly present our professionals, most of whom are trained at the world's top academic and professional institutions such as Harvard, Lincoln's Inn, University of London, and Australian National University.

Our Approach

We assist our clients in transacting their business swiftly, in the most efficient possible manner and with total compliance to legal, policy, and institutional parameters.

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Industries

Our Experience Spans Every Industry and Challenge

  • Investments
  • Finances & Economy
Automotive
Defense, Security & Justice
Energy & Chemicals
Health Care
Investment Management
Telecommunications
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