Welcome :: Farrukh Zia Shaikh & Co. Barristers & Advocates

Corporate and Banking Practice
Work mainly focused on advising banks dealing with consumer and investment customers. Filing and conducting recovery cases before the Banking Courts and the High Courts under the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001. Filed several Criminal Complaints under the Offences in Respect of Banks (Special Courts) Ordinance, 1984, for credit card frauds and embezzlement within the bank. Prepared mortgage deeds under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Formations / flotation of Modaraba companies on Karachi stock exchange and formation of foreign banks in Pakistan. Draft opinions and file cases under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.

Banking Practice
Work mainly focused on advising banks dealing with consumer and investment customers. Filing and conducting recovery cases before the Banking Courts and the High Courts under the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001. Filed several Criminal Complaints under the Offences in Respect of Banks (Special Courts) Ordinance, 1984, for credit card frauds and embezzlement within the bank. Prepared mortgage deeds under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Formations / flotation of Modaraba companies on Karachi stock exchange and formation of foreign banks in Pakistan. Draft opinions and file cases under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.

Family Law
Practice includes all areas of family law including dissolution, annulment, custody, child abduction and support modification, as well as related areas of adoption and guardianship. Appear at trial and hearing on various motions.

Perform discovery. Negotiate and draft marital settlement agreements. Special emphasis on issues of conflict of laws concerning between Muslim and non Muslim marriages, custody of children and distribution of property.
Criminal (White Collar) Litigation
Prepare motions for summary judgment, motions in limine, judgment on the pleadings and trial briefs. Prepare appellate motions to the High Court. Prepare memoranda of law and correspondence. Take and defend depositions. Appear in customs, banking and narcotics cases. Represented several international banks and filed criminal complaints on their behalf.