Founded in 1997 by Kairas Kabraji and Salman Talibuddin, Kabraji & Talibuddin is best known for its corporate and dispute resolution work. Kabraji heads the firm’s corporate advisory and transactions practice. He has extensive experience in both domestic and transnational corporate and commercial matters, with a strong focus on project finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital market transactions, and debt and equity financing. Talibuddin heads the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice. He has more than three decades of experience acting in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, with a strong focus on commercial litigation and arbitration.
Client feedback
“Kabraji & Talibuddin is highly responsive and delivers high-quality work consistently.” – Energy
Syed Ali Bin Maaz
“Syed Ali Bin Maaz always makes himself available and has incredible understanding and knowledge of the power sector.”
Work highlights
Advised S&P Global on local employment and labour laws in relation to its acquisition of IHS Markit.
Work highlights
Represented Pegasus Consultancy in a constitutional petition regarding the bidding for service procured by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan.
Advising Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines on the enforcement of an arbitral award in Pakistan.
Advising Virgin Atlantic Airways on a consumer claim.
Key clients
Hascol Petroleum, International Air Transport Association.
Work highlights
Acted as local counsel to the shareholders of Channel VAS Investments who were selling their holdings.
Key clients
Manuchar, Zhuhai Huafa Urban Operation and Investment Holdings.
Work highlights
Acted as local counsel for the joint bookrunners, including JP Morgan, on the issuance of green bonds by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority and the government of Pakistan.
Key clients
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered.
Work highlights
Advising lenders including China Development Bank on the setup of a power plant and a mine project in Pakistan.
Advising Seraph Aviation Management, the asset service provider, in relation to the lease of two Airbus A320-200 aircraft to Pakistan International Airlines.
Key clients
Agricultural Bank of China, Habib Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
