Senior Management

Ali Awais – Legal Counsel

Ali Awais has more than 20 years of working with top-tier international law firms and multilateral organizations and is spearheading the corporate, banking and finance practice of the firm and managing teams.  He has advised banks, investment funds and major corporations and project sponsors on all aspects of financial transactions, including corporate finance, project finance, and Islamic finance.  Advised private equity and financial advisory firms in connection with funds structures and M&A and cross-border transactions.  Advised major corporations on corporate governance matters in connection with SECP requirements and in line with international best practices.

Specialized legal counsel in international transactions and infrastructure-related project finance, including projects involving power, hydroelectric plants, pipelines, municipal water, wastewater treatment plants, highways, and airports. Set up and execute corporate governance and risk management structures, internal policies and rules in line with complex regulatory requirements. Earlier Ali was a senior counsel in the World Bank in Washington DC where he actively covered the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia regions, including working as the World Bank’s lead lawyer for putting together strategies for post-conflict countries and frontier markets. Mr Awais started his legal career with a Wall Street law firm, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in their New York office and have also worked in top international law firms, Baker Botts (Washington DC and Dubai offices), and Jones Day.  In addition, he has also worked for about 5 years in an investment banking firm out of Dubai International Financial Centre, where he was their Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.