Tipu Salman Makhdoom
Senior Partner Awais Law DRT
Tipu Salman Makhdoom is a Senior Partner at AwaisLaw DRT, where he has been a defining pillar of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practices since 2009. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Mr. Makhdoom has cultivated a formidable reputation as one of Pakistan’s preeminent legal minds, specializing in high-stakes commercial litigation, constitutional law, complex corporate disputes, and international arbitration.
His comprehensive corporate-commercial practice routinely commands high-value corporate control contests, intricate regulatory compliance issues, securities law, banking fraud, real estate litigation, and intellectual property rights.
A former Additional Advocate General for the Punjab, Mr. Makhdoom has represented the state in high-profile constitutional and administrative matters, successfully navigating dense public policy disputes and large-scale public interest litigation. At the appellate level, he regularly appears before the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the High Courts, representing major domestic conglomerates and multinational corporations in precedent-setting disputes that have shaped Pakistani jurisprudence.
In the arena of international dispute resolution, Mr. Makhdoom possesses extensive cross-border experience, representing sovereign and corporate clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID rules. His practice is particularly sought after for treaty-based claims, infrastructure project conflicts, and foreign investment disagreements. Parallel to his counsel practice, Mr. Makhdoom is a prolific legal scholar and author, with eight published books and numerous academic articles spanning law, history, and literature, several of which have been translated globally.
Founding Partner Shujra, Farooq & Hashmi
is a founding partner at Shujra, Farooq & Hashmi, bringing over a decade of distinguished practice in Pakistan’s legal landscape. His foundational career includes a prestigious clerkship for the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan and extensive experience with the country’s leading law firms.
An accomplished academic, Mr. Hashmi has served as a Lecturer on Jurisprudence & Legal Theory for the LL.B. (Hons.) program at Pakistan College of Law (PCL) since 2017, alongside teaching Criminal Law, International Commercial Arbitration for the University of London International Programme, and Business Law at Government College University, Lahore. A respected legal scholar, his research on unconstitutional constitutional amendments is published in the Pakistan Law Review and prominent international journals, earning citations in academic treatises published by Oxford, London, and Georgetown universities. Mr. Hashmi holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and received the Islamic Legal Studies Writing Prize. He completed his LL.B. (Hons.) via the University of London International Programme at PCL, where he pioneered competitive mooting for Pakistan globally—earning the title of "Best Advocate in South Asia" at the ICRC Regional Henry Dunant Moot—and later established the country's first formal moot court training curriculum.
Contact: Mr. Hashmi can be reached for professional consultation at
Moeen Ahmed
Senior Associate Awais Law DRT
Moeen Ahmed maintains a distinguished and far-reaching litigation practice spanning the District Courts of Lahore and the High Courts of Pakistan. A formidable advocate at both the trial and appellate levels, he specializes in complex civil, commercial, and constitutional litigation.
His extensive corporate-commercial expertise encompasses high-stakes contractual disputes, shareholder conflicts, real estate and banking litigation, regulatory challenges, and intricate corporate governance matters. Renowned for his courtroom presence and mastery of trial advocacy, Mr. Ahmed brings meticulous strategic precision to cross-examinations, witness preparation, evidentiary arguments, and complex procedural maneuvering across civil and sessions courts.
At the appellate level, he regularly commands constitutional petitions and high-stakes appeals before the High Courts of Pakistan, particularly focusing on constitutional review, regulatory enforcement, and underlying jurisprudence. Combining an acute understanding of legal theory with comparative legal analysis, he is widely recognized for his ability to craft innovative legal structures and arguments that align with emerging global legal trends. Beyond the courtroom, Mr. Ahmed is an accomplished author on criminal justice theory, having published the analytical work, Why to Execute Death Penalty, or Not.
Mahmood Ahmad Khan
Mahmood Khan is a distinguished Advocate of the High Court and the Managing Partner of Mahmood Khan and Law Associates, Lahore. With a career spanning over two decades of exceptional legal practice, he has established himself as a formidable and highly respected name in the legal fraternity. Renowned for his deep analytical acumen and masterful advocacy, Mr. Khan specializes in both Civil and Criminal trial and appellate work, navigating complex litigation with unmatched precision. His unwavering commitment to the rule of law, combined with a stellar track record of protecting client interests across diverse legal forums, embodies the highest standards of professional excellence and ethical legal practice.
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