company law

The UAE is set to perform a major revamp of its companies’ and foreign ownership laws. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported late afternoon on Monday, 23 […]

REGTECH: How Distributed Ledger Technology Can Help Regulators and Businesses In Pakistan [This paper originates from interactions with the SECP]. INTRODUCTION Regulatory technology (regtech) focuses on […]

Incorporation of Company Law in the United Kingdom (UK) One of the most uncertain and, as a result, disputed issues in English company law pertains to […]

Pak-Turk Schools Case and Proposals for Regulating Supreme Court’s Powers Under A.184(3) [Download the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Pak-Turk Schools case here: SC Judgment – Pak Turk […]

Association With Charitable And Not-For-Profit Objects Regulations 2018 The New Regulations The Association with Charitable and Not for Profit Objects Regulations 2018 were issued by the […]

Analysis of the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2017 Salient features Initially, there were only three forms of incorporating a company in Pakistan which included partnership, sole […]

The Companies Act, 2017 President Mamnoon Hussain has finally signed the Companies Act, 2017 that replaces the Companies Ordinance, 1984. This law is being appreciated by […]

Involvement Of Government In Business The involvement of government in businesses has always been a perplexing question for me. After a lot of contemplation, I have […]

Federal Legislation In 2016 In the year 2016, the National Assembly passed 51 Acts but the Majlis-e-Shura (Parliament) altogether passed just seven, out of which two were […]

Draft Companies Bill 2016 Up For Legislation Drafted by: The Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Status: Sent to the Ministry of Finance. Summary: The Securities […]

High Court To Conduct Trials In Company Matters The most beautiful aspect of law is that it keeps on evolving with time. A practice which may […]

Local Government Secretary Summoned For Not Filing Reply Over Involvement Of Legislators In Public Companies The Lahore High Court has expressed displeasure on the Secretary of […]

Foreign Investment In Pakistan Pakistan’s investment and corporate laws permit wholly-owned subsidiaries with 100% foreign equity in all sectors of the economy including manufacturing, trading and […]

LHC Issues Notice To Govt On MPAs’ Role In Public Bodies The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government on a petition […]