Danish Aftab

Managing Partner

Mr. Aftab is licensed to practice in the High Courts of Pakistan. He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Honours) from the University of London and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of California, Berkeley (USA), with Certificates of Specialization in Business Law and Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Berkeley Law School. He is also a Research Fellow to the China Law Society and serves as an International Consultant to the Kunming International Arbitration Service Center in Kunming, China.

He has extensive litigation experience before the High Courts of Pakistan, handling matters relating to constitutional law, corporate law, tax law, family law, intellectual property law, privacy law, defamation law, property law, as well as civil, criminal, and white-collar crime cases.

He has served three Hon'ble Attorney-Generals for Pakistan — Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Mr. Khalid Javaid Khan, and Mr. Anwar Mansoor Khan — and worked as an Associate in the Office of the Attorney General, assisting with legal research and drafting.

Mr. Aftab was a member of the negotiations team that successfully and amicably settled the $1.2 Billion ICSID Award in the Karkey matter against Pakistan. He has also served as counsel in negotiations and settlement talks for Pakistan’s international disputes and represented the country in international arbitration matters.

He worked on high-profile constitutional matters before the Supreme Court, preparing legal memoranda and drafting briefs on issues such as dual nationality of civil servants, contempt of court, the disqualification of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, judicial accountability, and judicial activism.

He has also collaborated with the Ministry of Law and Justice on proposing amendments to outdated legislation.

Mr. Aftab regularly appears and argues before the High Courts, District Courts, and various tribunals. He has wide experience in researching case law, preparing legal briefs and memoranda, drafting writ petitions, civil revisions, appeals, review petitions, complaints to regulators, plaints, replies, and conducting examination-in-chief and cross-examinations.

In addition, he provides legal advice to companies on matters relating to registration of companies and trade associations, and has handled white-collar crime cases before the Accountability Court.