The writer is an Associate in the corporate team at Clyde & Co LLP. Based out of Dubai, UAE, his practice involves various jurisdictions such as the UAE, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Western Africa for mergers and acquisitions, competition and antitrust matters, aviation, fintech and start-up facilitation, initial public offerings, foreign direct investment facilitation and company regulatory work including shareholders' disputes. He also works on international arbitration, commercial litigation and debt recovery matters. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Liverpool and LLM from the University of Edinburgh. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Middle Temple, completed an International Pupillage at 33 Bedford Row, London and qualified as a Barrister. He is also an Advocate of the High Courts in Pakistan and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).