RI & Partners has specialized knowledge of all areas of maritime commerce including passenger and cargo transportation disputes, vessel collisions and maritime rescues, maritime reparations and maritime insurance.

Our lawyers are well trained in alternative dispute resolution methods allowing us to successfully mediate and settle most disputes. However, where arbitration is necessary, the lawyers of RI & Partners have the skills and experience to safeguard the interests of their clients. Our firm is particularly proficient in domestic and foreign commercial arbitration.

Our firm is experienced in handling matters relating to civil aviation. Advice on structuring and negotiating airline operation license and related contracts aircraft lease contracts. We assist our clients in dealing with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. Moreover, we have experience with the settlement of both domestic and international disputes regarding personal injury, death, cargo damage and loss, including claims involving international aviation treaties.

Bankruptcy law is an active area of our practice. Our lawyers assist our clients in their dealings with financially distressed companies including companies that have filed for bankruptcy and/or in liquidation.

We offer legal services as advisers and litigators to various local and foreign financial institutions in the areas of financing as well as recoveries of loans and finances. Our services relate to loan documentation for commercial banks, investments banks and non-banking financial institutions such as syndicate financing agreements, documentation for financial derivatives, documentation for term finance certificates, documentation for housing finance, documentation for morabaha, musharika and other Islamic Finance products, lease agreements, hire purchase agreements and consumer finance agreements.

Our firm also offers litigation services to financial institutions in the Banking Courts and High Courts. Predominantly, banking litigation comprises of filing recovery suits on behalf of banks and obtaining decrees in the shortest possible period. Execution of the decree is a process that tends to be slow if not pursed diligently by the counsel. Our team’s goal is to recover unpaid debt for our clients in the shortest possible time.

RI & Partners has represented and assisted both foreign and local clients in litigation spanning two or more national jurisdictions. The firm manages all aspects of such proceedings to ensure a unified and consistent approach.

Our lawyers have considerable experience representing both foreign entities that are the subject of suits in Pakistan and corporations and individuals bringing suits against foreign entities in Pakistan.

Our firm’s reputable criminal defense practice extends beyond Pakistan. Our lawyers have extensive experience in defending clients in matters involving white collar crime, banking crime, corporate crime, import and export, environmental issues, securities and capital markets and tax cases.

The firm's experience includes the defense of corporations and individuals involved in multi-national, multi-agency investigations and prosecutions. We have also advised our clients on the proper course of action in matters involving governmental agencies in Pakistan and abroad.

Our lawyers have considerable experience in assisting foreign lenders and domestic enterprises in international asset-based transactions. The services that we provide include structuring transactions, drafting legal documents, negotiating on behalf of our clients or preparing our clients for direct negotiations, presenting legal opinions, as well as any other services that are required. Our lawyers are particularly experienced in Pakistani project financing, sophisticated financing and leasing in connection with aircraft and shipping transactions. Our lawyers are also experienced in advising on Pakistani exchange control laws and regulations.

Our lawyers are experienced in handling many e-commerce issues including electronic financial transactions, online/internet banking, credit card fraud, privacy, identity theft, consumer protection, web-site development, digital security, encryption, marketing and advertising. Our lawyers also assist clients in protecting and defending their trade marks against infringement in cyber space.

RI & Partners has a dedicated group of lawyers who specialize in family law. We assist our clients with their legal issues relating to dissolution of marriage and child custody.

The firm also offers advice in connection with foreign investment in Pakistan. The range of services offered in this area include advice in relation to Pakistan’s investment policy for the specific sector/industry, company registration and relevant foreign exchange regulations.

Our firm also provides legal services in the area of human rights. Our firm’s Managing Partner, Rana Ijaz Ahmed, is the President of the International Commission for Human Rights, an international organization working to prevent human rights abuses around the world.

Our firm offers a wide range of services for many visas types and categories including business/corporate immigration. Our firm has an international network of affiliates around the world that offers immigration services related to the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, U.K., other European countries and the Middle East.

Our firm also offers services to people all over the world who intend to come to Pakistan on tourist, business or work visas. We also offer services for extension of stay in Pakistan and other related matters. We offer our services to the employees/consultants in various industries including Telecommunications, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, SMEs, Infrastructure, Chemicals, IT, Energy, Mining and Tourism.

International trade and commerce are active and expanding areas of our practice. Our lawyers have knowledge of domestic and international trade laws and practices. We offer comprehensive services to our clients involved in the purchase and sale of goods, construction contracts and technology transfers.

Our firm offers highly specialized services in the areas of anti counterfeiting, design and computer contracts, as well as advertisement, media, publishing and entertainment. We provide our clients with extensive services relating to agreements for the use, supply and licensing and maintenance of software.

Specifically, the services offered by our firm include preparing applications for patents and trademark registrations and pursuing these applications through issuance by the Patent and Trademark Office and maintaining these items of intellectual property in force for our clients. We also work with our international associates to obtain corresponding protection in countries outside Pakistan. We offer representation to clients in patent and trademark litigation including alternative-dispute resolution processes such as arbitration and mediation.

Our firm also offers protection of trade rights in product packaging and service presentation and protection of proprietary information and trade secrets against theft or unfair competition, including nondisclosure, noncompetition, anti-solicitation and anti-piracy issues.

The modern economy is fast emerging as a global economy. The composition of world business is changing and one centrifugal force that is supporting this change and would regulate more closely in time to come is Intellectual Property Laws & Practices. Therefore understanding of International Intellectual Property Laws and Practices for regulating and protecting one’s business, world over, becomes critical for the business growth. The exploitation of Intellectual Property has become an Industry in itself, as the cost of development and protection of Intellectual Property is enormous and the suffering from the loss of Intellectual Property could be fatal. The numbers of major “Intellectual Property Wars” are growing between competitors and contemporaries, besides growing threat from international exploiters, causing great damages to one’s Intellectual Property.

Our Firm provides assistance in transfer of technology, licensing, remittance, accounting of damages for infringements, verification of royalties and license fee.

Our firm has a dedicated group of investigators that is actively involved in investigative work related to relevant matters of our clients.  Our investigation team has an extensive network of bankers, real estate agents and other relevant officials working with the government and/or in their individual capacity who provide invaluable assistance in unearthing disputed assets/properties.

Our investigators in their asset searches look for movable and immovable property purchased and/or sold illegally and fraudulently by the offenders to delay and frustrate legal proceedings.  Additionally, we examine assets of spouses and family members for possible transfers, and corporations associated with the subject and his/her partners. We identify individuals or entities that can provide leads and directions by scrutinizing the life style, litigation history and relationships in order to discover hidden assets.

Our investigation arm has been very effective in conducting investigations into bankruptcy fraud, money laundering, internal and external corporate fraud, embezzlement, and identity theft.

The lawyers at RI & Partners provide their clients legal assistance in matters involving labor contracts, labor insurance, labor protection and welfare, construction of labor management systems and the settlement of labor disputes.

Our firm’s corporate lawyers play a pivotal role in planning and executing mergers and acquisitions.  Our lawyers represent both buyers and sellers in M&A transactions and are exceptionally skilled in structuring and negotiating deals ranging from the merger or acquisition of a large multi-national corporation to the acquisition or sale of a small company.

Our firm’s corporate lawyers play a pivotal role in planning and executing mergers and acquisitions. Our lawyers represent both buyers and sellers in M&A transactions and are exceptionally skilled in structuring and negotiating deals ranging from the merger or acquisition of a large multi-national corporation to the acquisition or sale of a small company.

We also have a growing practice in the area of mortgage loans. Lawyers at our firm are qualified to represent banks in mortgage loan transactions. We also offer assistance in instituting civil and criminal proceedings in the Civil Court and Banking Court. Specifically, our firm specializes in filing suits in civil courts, instituting execution proceedings for enforcing judgments, filing suits for damages against the debtor, suits for foreclosure or sale of debtor’s property and applying for bankruptcy of a debtor corporation.

The firm offers services in connection with formation of offshore companies especially in the UAE state of Ras Al Khema.

RI & Partners has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate transactions and we have successfully guided our clients through the most complicated transactions. The services we provide include assignment and transfer of land use rights, development and management of tracts of land, commercial and residential sales and purchases, mortgages, property based debt restructuring and rescheduling.

We represent underwriters and initial purchasers in connection with securities offerings and stock exchange listings. We also handle debt and equity securities offerings. We represent issuers, officers, directors and shareholders with respect to their legal obligations. We also serve our corporate clients in connection with public merger and acquisition transactions. Our firm’s Securities Group works closely with our Mergers and Acquisitions Group on corporate finance transactions involving initial public offerings, stock consideration, due diligence and other securities-related activities.

Tax implications are an important aspect in structuring commercial transactions. The firm advises clients on tax issues relating to commercial transactions like joint ventures, share purchase agreements and purchase of business as running concerns. Our lawyers advise foreign clients regarding tax implications of their investments in the local market.

Our firm has a large practice group in the area of white collar crime. The breadth and depth of our firm’s experience in the area of criminal law has fully equipped us in the area of white collar crime.

Lawyers in our firm’s white collar crime group have extensive experience in all aspects of criminal defense from investigation to trial and beyond, as well as advising businesses on compliance issues. Lawyers in our firm’s white collar crime group have advised and assisted international law firms including the law firm of DLA Piper in high-profile white collar crime matters that involve multiple jurisdictions. These matters involve money laundering, international banking fraud and illegal property transactions.