Anti-Corruption and Financial Crime
Specialist legal advisory in anti-corruption and financial crime, including NAB matters, AML/CFT compliance, FATF reforms, and defence in financial investigations across Pakistan.
Professional Overview
Our anti-corruption and financial crime practice advises clients on the full spectrum of accountability and financial crime exposure in Pakistan. We provide NAB exposure advisory, AML/CFT compliance structuring, FATF risk management, corporate compliance programme design, and defence in accountability and financial crime proceedings. Our team played a central role in Pakistan's FATF grey-list exit, coordinating cross-ministerial legislative reform over a multi-year compliance process.
Key Work
Our firm’s partner played central role in Pakistan FATF grey list exit, which included coordinating with cross ministerial in matter relating to legislative reform in fiscal and regulatory frameworks.
Assisted Attorney General of Pakistan as core team member in landmark financial crime proceedings, Panama Papers, which related to offshore assets, unexplained wealth, and cross-border mutual legal assistance.
Negotiated anti-corruption and governance reform benchmarks with the IMF in relation to Pakistan's Stand-By IMF Agreement.
