Why You need us
Sayyid & Shaykh's litigation and dispute resolution specialists can help you resolve your complex and stressful contentious matters, in a broad spectrum of legal areas. We are passionately committed to providing the highest quality of legal representation and litigation to our clients. We work closely with our clients to assess their needs and objectives at the outset of the dispute, followed by providing practical advice on the merits of the case and exploring all available options for its resolution, including offering our clients our services of information negotiations and mediation.
Where out-of-court settlement is not an option, we are tenacious and effective litigators, experienced in handling challenging litigation with a multifaceted approach. We take pride in claiming that our standards of client care, quality of advice, and the manner of delivery is equally at par with our services in other practice areas. This means that we are highly responsive, approachable, and act quickly to provide clear advice, ensuring that our clients are always well informed with the status and progress of their matter. In addition, with our innovative litigation management tools, we are able to enhance efficiencies and prompt delivery of communication and correspondence in all cases.
We provide legal representation and litigation services before the District Courts at Karachi, Sindh High Court at Karachi, as well as appearing before quasi-judicial forums and tribunals, in the following areas:
Our client base comprises of public and private companies, banks and financial institutions, high net worth individuals, family businesses, non-profit organisations, and expatriate and overseas Pakistani nationals.
We are also able to effectively handle cross-border litigation in the UK, through our litigation experts at our associated office in the UK.
Banking Dispute & Litigation
We represent banks and financial institutions in a variety of contentious matters, but primarily act for recovery of finances availed by consumer and corporate clients, under financing and security documents. Our approach is swift and effective, working closely with the in-house counsels of the banks, ensuring that any external risks are adequately mitigated.
Civil Dispute & Litigation
We act for businesses and private clients in respect of dispute arising out of their civil rights, seeking to claim damages, specific performance or injunction. The civil right may accrue in a variety of areas, including landlord and tenants dispute, family law dispute, money claims, defamation, partnership dispute etc. We adopt a results-oriented approach and discuss the merits of the claim with the client before undertaking to represent them.
Once we are engaged, we adopt an agile and effective legal strategy to ensure the most favourable outcome for our client. Where necessary, we can act quickly to obtain injunctions to prevent any future damage to our client. One distinguishing element of our firm is that we keep our clients apprised of the status of the case on a frequent basis, by sharing case updates, upcoming hearings, and all necessary information so that our clients are at ease.
Commercial & Contractual Dispute
Our banking and finance lawyers possess specialist understanding of the principles and requirements underpinning Shariah-compliant finance, and working closely with the Shariah advisors of leading Islamic banks and Modarabas, have advised on structuring of complex syndicate Islamic financing transactions, investments, and products.
Our expertise in Islamic Finance includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Constitutional Rights & Litigation
We act for clients in matters concerning complex mix of legal, commercial and constitutional factors centered around issues of fairness and justice, as provided under the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistani, 1973. We advise our clients on their constitutional rights, as well as the remedies available to them, and are able to expeditiously initiate writ / constitutional petitions before the High Court under the applicable provision of Article 199 of the Constitution.
In addition, we also invoke the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court, in matters pertaining to protection or preservation of the rights of the general public, through our Public Interest Litigation division.
Property & Real Estate Dispute
Our litigation team is well equipped to represent business and private clients in dispute arising out of property and real estate related transactions. We advise on diverse array of matters in this area, including commercial and residential landlord and tenant dispute, contractual interpretation (agreements for sale, sale deeds), planning and construction dispute etc. Our litigators are approachable, persuasive, and possess excellent advocacy skills and are dedicated to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.