Mr Ahsan Zahir Rizvi > RIAA BARKER GILLETTE > Karachi, Pakistan > Lawyer Profile
RIAA BARKER GILLETTE Offices
D67/1, BLOCK 4
CLIFTON
KARACHI 75600
Pakistan
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Mr Ahsan Zahir Rizvi
Work Department
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance
Position
Senior and Managing Partner
Top-ranked by leading legal directories, Ahsan Zahir Rizvi is the Global Senior and Managing Partner of RIAA Barker Gillette. He is globally recognized as a leading international corporate lawyer. He has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate and commercial legal matters including contract negotiations, strategic planning, commercial arrangements, banking and finance, corporate and financial restructuring, privatizations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and project finance. He has particular expertise in complex cross-border transactions in the energy, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors. He has undertaken high-stakes dispute resolution work in London, Brussels, Singapore and Pakistan.
Career
Senior and Managing Partner at RIAA Barker Gillette: 1989 to date
Practised as Ahsan Zahir Rizvi & Co 1985 to 1989
Associate at Khalid M Ishaque & Co 1981 to 1985
Previous Positions:
Director, Karachi Stock Exchange
Chairman, Committee on Cyber Laws
Professor at SM Law College Karachi
Lecturer at Ziauddin University, Aga Khan University & University of Virginia
Languages
English, Urdu and Arabic.
Memberships
Member of the honorable society of Lincoln’s Inn
Member of Sind High Court Bar Association
Member of Karachi Bar Association
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science (LLB Hons 1979)
Lincoln’s Inn (bar-at-law 1980)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LLM Lon 1981)
University of Virginia (MA 2005; PhD 2007).
Leisure
Enjoys bridge, squash, golf and motor biking in his leisure time.
Lawyer Rankings
Pakistan > Banking and finance
RIAA BARKER GILLETTE is distinguished for representing leading multinational banks, corporations, and developers across a swathe of sectors. The firm boasts full-service capabilities in the banking and finance arena and handles a wide range of financing and security arrangements, including enforcement actions, debt to equity conversions, and syndicated and substantial loan transactions, as well as Islamic modes of financing; one client praises it for its ‘in-depth understanding of project financing transactions‘. Taking an innovative approach to new financial instruments, the firm has represented high-profile banks and financial institutions, for example the Export-Import Bank of China, Citibank, IFC, ADB, and the World Bank. The team is led by Bilal Shaukat, who has particular expertise in power projects financing and is supported by Ahsan Zahir Rizvi, an expert in statutory enactments and regulatory frameworks. Hasnain Naqvee leverages his corporate knowledge and operates from the Lahore office. Adil Tirmizey is another key practitioner who advises some of Pakistan’s largest banks on multiple local and cross-border deals.