Profile
Corporate governance and legal & compliance consultant with 20 years of corporate and commercial experience across regulators, real estate investment, consulting, and mega-events. Former Associate Director at Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan; Head of Legal, Expo 2023 Doha. Practical, delivery-oriented counsel focused on enabling speed while de-risking execution.
Core Expertise
Commercial contracts; sponsorships, concessions, and participation agreements; procurement strategy and tender formulation through evaluation; contract interpretation and administration; project governance and risk; legal communications and stakeholder alignment.
Selected Experience
- Head of Legal, Expo 2023 Doha: end-to-end legal leadership for procurement, vendor management, contracting, and operational readiness.
- Associate Director, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan: regulatory oversight and market supervision.
- In-house counsel, real estate investment (incl. Qatari Diar): transactional support across development lifecycle.
- Consultancy: corporate strategy design (marketing, recruitment), business development leadership, C-suite advisory, supervision of client service legal teams.
Education
- Bar Professional Training Course, Inns of Court School of Law, London
- Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills, City University London
- LL.B (University of London, External Programme)
Executive Education
- International Women’s Health & Human Rights, Stanford University
- General Course on Intellectual Property, WIPO Academy
- The Age of Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Professional Qualifications
- Barrister, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Advocate, District Courts of Punjab (Pakistan)
Service
- Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid (UNHCR partner).
Languages
- English, Urdu