WHO WE ARE…

A tradition of excellence, unquestionable ethical and professional standards, and innovation define SCAT (School of Corporate & Applied Taxation); a Law Practicing Firm providing a wide array of legal services that facilitate design and delivery of comprehensive solutions for each of its clients. With a footprint and having extensive experience across Pakistan allows us to cater to clients every requirement for legal assistance without geographic limitations.

The Firm maintains a client specific focus. We have and continue to deliver a complete spectrum of legal services including taxation, high value civil & commercial litigation, regulatory services, arbitrations, advisory on structuring businesses, managing commercial transactions and legal risk management services.

We, individually have provided services to clients in specialized industries including all sorts of taxation, financial including accounting services, auditing, telecommunication, embassy verification services, oil & gas, construction & development.

The only true evaluation of professional services comes from the clients. Almost without exception our clients return to us again and again confident in the quality of services they will receive irrespective of the issue. Our hallmark is the untiring and consistent endeavour to be the home of master craftsman.

Our Motto…

We strictly believe and follow in following verse of Holy Quran:

“O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.”

HOW WE WORK…

Once we agree to represent a client we consider the client’s problem our problem. It’s always personal demanding and receiving equal priority of our focus, time and abilities. 

Every service we provide, from drafting a basic contract to handling the most complex litigation, is the result of a structure designed to simultaneously deliver efficiency and quality and utilize the cumulative experience at our disposal within the team. In order to be as responsive as possible to a clients need for accessible and constant communication and cost control, each matter is assigned to a Partner or Senior Associate who serves as your “supervising attorney”. The supervising attorney is responsible to understand your business and define the specific services required, define the team and resources required, lead the design of the solution and its implementation, consistently liaison with you as to the status and obtain your input on an immediate basis wherever needed.

When appropriate, we also if necessary utilize associated attorneys and professionals to ensure the quality of the service is not compromised and cost is retained at an efficient and minimum level. A unique feature of our system is the supervising attorney’s complete access to all resources with the Firm from the senior most partner to the junior most associate and is free to seek advice or support from any and all resources, which represent the attorney’s internal support for which a client is not burdened with any additional cost.

OUR PRACTICE GROUPS

The Firm has established the following Practice Groups, which defines our focused sectors and industries as well as our varied experience. The client’s provided professional legal services by each Practice Group represent the trust reposed in our abilities and expertise by the leaders of commerce and industry when a complex or high-risk problem required a unique solution.

Taxation

Financial Services

Real Estate & Construction

Sports

Embassy Verification

Telecommunication

Manufacturing

Fmcg

Oil & Gas

Banking Services

Others

OUR PRACTICE AREAS

While our practice can be primarily defined as litigation and corporate advisory and our Practice Groups define the sectors and industries we have provided services to, our practice is further identified by specific practice areas more particularly our experience. Our main practice areas include:

  • ANTITRUST & UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
  • CONSTITUTIONAL & PUBLIC INTEREST
  • PRODUCTS LIABILITY
  • DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  • TENDERS & PUBLIC AUCTIONS
  • REGULATORY & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
  • PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
  • COMMERCIAL LENDING
  • CIVIL FRAUD & ASSET RECOVERY
  • CORPORATE FORMATION & REORGANIZATION
  • CORPORATE DEBT & EQUITY SECURITIES
  • STRUCTURED FINANCE
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENT,
    TRADEMARK & COPYRIGHT
  • ESTATE PLANNING & TRUSTS
  • BANKRUPTCY & LIQUIDATIONS
  • CORPORATE FINANCE
  • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
  • SECURITIES & CORPORATE
    REGULATIONS
  • VENTURE CAPITAL
  • DUE DILIGENCE
  • EMPLOYMENT
  • Embassy support services
  • Corporate compliance
  • transactional filings
  • Business formations
  • Misc legal services

FORUMS & JURISDICTIONS

LITIGATION

The Firm represents clients in litigations before the High Courts, District & Civil Courts across Pakistan, Banking Courts, Income Tax Tribunal, Drug Courts, Consumer Courts and numerous other special courts, tribunals and regualtory authorities including the Competition Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, PEMRA, OGRA and the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan.

TRANSACTIONS

Personnel’s of SCAT in their individual capacity have been involved with transactions in a wide array of sectors. Transactions undertaken by us include acquisitions in the construction and FIDIC contracts, lending & debt, financial product structuring, O&M contracts and franchise operations. Pre transaction services include extensive due diligence of companies, assets, immovable properties and intellectual property 

OUR TEAM

Partners lead our team of exceptional Associate Partners and Senior Associates entrusted with the responsibility of being supervisory counsels in turn supported by a motivated and focused group of Associates, Junior Associates, Paralegals and Legal Clerks.

Carefully structured teams led by a supervisory counsel manage individual matters while in parallel operate internal Practice Groups defined by the different commercial and industrial sectors which are clients belong to. Each Practice Group is managed by a designated supervisory counsels to enable the development of resources and services as a consequence of possessing deeper understanding of the specific sector acquired by virtue of a consistent and broad exposure to the sector and therefore, a practical and technical knowledge of a clients’ business. Our structure of Practice Groups promotes the exchange of information, and allows for efficient and effective project management of different matters common to each sector.

The Firm provides continuity in serving its clients’ long-term needs, reducing costs involved in providing ongoing advice, and also the services of legal professionals. The Firm’s practice and industry-based structure brings the talent and experience of the entire Firm to bear on matters originating in any Practice Group.

OUR MANAGEMENT

We understand the immense importance of immediate decision-making and client access to Partners who lead the Firm.

The central management of the Firm is headed by our Partner operating in tandem and coordination with our Resident Partners, each of whom heads the management of our principal locations in Pakistan.

An independent finance department and administrative departments servicing each office location support the Firm’s core management team.

To ensure efficiency in management as well as delivery of professional services we use a centralized network and databank providing high quality communication.

CONTACT US

You can always Email us, or write, call and fax us at the addresses and numbers below:

ISLAMABAD

No. 10, Basement, Sector G-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan

Shaher Yar Khan
Owner

Mr. Shaher Yar Khan founded SCAT, Practice of Law, after having practice of law at many renowned Law Firms.

Mr. Shaher Yar Khan has acted as primary Counsel for the taxation of multi-national and national companies in multijurisdictional cases to recover misappropriated funds. He has advised many of investors on all major cases of fraud by brokerage firms, assisted senior partners of the firms in handling cases, since 2015. Mr. Khan has overseen delivery of legal verification services for the Embassy Austria, since 2015.
Mr. Khan has been working as auditor since 2013 in one of the high-end audit firm i.e. Qavi & Co. Chartered Accountants and has assisted and represented many of its clients as its primary Counsel in several highly complex litigated matters before the Income Tax Tribunals.

Mr. Khan at present has an extensive litigation and advisory practice which includes high stake litigations before the Income Tax Tribunals and Islamabad High Court. His practice is focused on litigation and alternative dispute resolution and a highly selective commercial advisory projects focusing on acquisitions and project structuring. While Mr. Khan has represented or advised clients spanning almost all commercial and industrial sectors, currently he is recognized as one of the leading Income Tax Lawyer resident in Islamabad having vast experience of Audit, Accounts and Taxation. He has worked not only for Income Tax Law, Provincial Sales Tax Law matters but also for many of the regulatory laws, civil and criminal laws of Pakistan.