Team

Syed Bulent Sohail is Managing Partner of Sohail & Partners, LLP. He is an Advocate of the High Courts with 23 years’ experience. Bulent has considerable experience in corporate, commercial, regulatory and policy matters having advised private, government and multilateral institutions.
Bulent played a lead role in the establishment of the Special Technology Zones Authority and the National Aerospace Science and Technology Parks in Pakistan. Bulent is a national expert for AML/CFT and an advisor to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and assisted SECP rehaul its AML/ CFT framework contributing to Pakistan’s exit from the FATF grey list. He frequently consults with the World Bank and US Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program in Pakistan and the South Asia region as an international legal expert. Bulent regularly advises the SECP on litigation and corporate policy matters and serves as a Member, SECP’s Insurance Dispute Resolution Committee. He is a senior faculty at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and the Institute of Business Administration’s Centre of Executive Excellence. He is the founder President of the Continuing Legal Education Institute of Pakistan, which provides cutting edge trainings to professionals in Pakistan and abroad. Bulent has advised clients in the following sectors: systems integrators, fintech, PEs/VCs, climate finance, banks/non-banks, mining, oil & gas, LNG, auto, FMCGs, logistics, aviation, education & health, multilateral development agencies, regulatory agencies and Governments.
Bulent holds bachelors’ degrees (BA and LLB) from Canada and the UK and a Diploma in law and sustainability from University of Oxford.
Bulent is an avid traveler and enjoys playing competitive tennis.

Zarmeeneh Rahim is Partner at Sohail & Partners LLP. She is an Attorney with more than 15 years’ legal experience, holds a LLM in International Human Rights Law from Queen Mary University, London, an LLB (Hons) from Durham University, United Kingdom and a BA (Hons) from McGill University, Canada. Zarmeeneh’s practice areas include corporate, regulatory law, international law, legislative policy and drafting, inter-governmental agency consultancies, legal education and training.
Zarmeeneh started her career at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP (Toronto) and thereafter joined the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) special assistant to the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Iqbal Riza. She also worked at the United Nations Secretariat, Office of the Legal Counsel, UN HQ assisting the International Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Zarmeeneh served as general counsel and company secretary for L’Oreal Pakistan and as a senior associate at Vellani & Vellani focusing on intellectual property rights and competition law. She founded the corporate law magazine, The Counsel, and is a founder and general secretary of the Continuing Legal Education Institute of Pakistan.
Zarmeeneh likes to learn new skills from experimental cooking to visual art projects, DIY home renovations and gardening. She is also an avid tennis and cricket fan and enjoys yoga, swimming and hiking.

Nosheen Ahmad Alvi is a senior associate at Sohail & Partners LLP. With five years of experience as an advocate, she holds a Bachelor’s in Law from the University of Punjab. She is also a medalist from the University of Punjab in Law.

Legal Expertise

Nosheen commenced her career at Rawal Laws Associates in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Simultaneously, she ventured into cross-jurisdictional legal practice, beyond Pakistan’s borders, to Common Law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and Canada. She has gained invaluable insights into international legal practices and a global perspective on legal issues.

At Sohail & Partners LLP, Nosheen is an in-house corporate attorney, overseeing corporate matters.

Nosheen is an aspiring novelist, a calligrapher, and a painter. She is a bibliophile and has a keen interest in learning foreign languages. 

Taimoor received his LLB from the University of London in 2022. Taimoor has completed a number of internships during his undergraduate studies. He joined Sohail and Partners immediately after obtaining his degree. He is an advocate and a member of the Islamabad Bar Council. He has been involved in a number of criminal and civil cases. Taimoor also has corporate experience, having written numerous contracts and agreements. He is also participating in a number of climate change projects for a variety of organizations. Taimoor also works as a research assistant at the Institute of Historical and Social Research, where he focuses on political and legal issues.

Taimoor enjoys nature and loves to travel. He also enjoys hiking frequently.

I have been a part of the legal profession since 2010 when I graduated with a BA-LLB (Hons.) from the Law and Policy Program at LUMS. That was also the time when I first conceived the idea of setting up a diverse professional services firm by this name.

In the early years of my career, I had the opportunity to work as a Research Associate (Law Clerk) at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2013, I attended the University of Washington, Seattle on a Fulbright Scholarship and did a Masters degree in Asian and Comparative Law. Since 2014, I have been actively practicing law in Pakistan.

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to argue important cases in all the High Courts of Pakistan. I have concluded more that one hundred cases, many of which have been widely reported in the mass media and have also culminated in reported judgments which are available on this website. A wiki entry summarizes some of my more prominent cases: everybodywiki.com/Umer_Ijaz_Gilani

I have also been engaged for advisory and transactional work by many institutions, especially regulatory bodies and businesses. While I practice in diverse areas of law, my principal areas of expertise are: constitutional law, regulatory law, service law, public procurement law, citizenship law and business law.

Mr. Haider Waheed is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and all the High Courts of Pakistan, with a particular focus on the Sindh High Court. He is also a founding partner of the firm and is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in the country. Mr. Waheed is admired by his clients for his court presence and problem-solving approach. Having tackled various cases and represented many top clients, he has garnered praise for his working credibility and esteemed skillset.

Barrister Babar S. Imran completed his LLB from University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 2003 and was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 2009. He also holds an LL.M from Kings College London & a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP, Law School, Manchester & is an Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan since Nov, 2021. He was appointed as an Assistant Advocate General, KP in 2019 & was promoted as an Additional Advocate General in 2021 & continued till 2023 after which he ventured into his own law practice.

On his return from UK, he initially worked with Rizvi, Isa, Afridi & Angel and in the team of Hidayatullah Khan Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan. Thereafter, he ventured into independent practice. Over the years he has developed himself as a General Practitioner of Law who has worked in most fields of law ranging from Criminal Litigation to various branches of civil law & is also an expert of corporate / commercial Law. Besides being Legal Advisor to many noted individuals of value, his clientele includes State Institutions as well as Multi National Companies. He is also the author of a number of legal publications. He is also the founding member of Continuing Legal Education Institute of Pakistan & is its Chairman, KP & also a visiting faculty Professor at KPK, Judicial Academy, Peshawar. He has to his credit more than 100 cases of which many are reported.

His Clientele includes noted organizations such as Unilever, National Foods Ltd, State Bank of Pakistan, ZTBL, The Bank of Khyber, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, SME Bank Ltd, Mardan Medical Complex, Bacha Khan Medical College, Tauraus Securities, Sindh Bank Ltd, Habib Bank Ltd, Bank Al-Habib etc.

One of his Chambers expertise is in Due Diligence stretched over a period of 15 years whereby the client is afforded with a one window solution in determining & finalizing property transactions ranging from Mortgage opinions, Vetting of all necessary documentation, genuineness and then registering of Deeds with the relevant authorities.

He can be reached at barristerbabarchambers@gmail.com