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S. Ahmed Sarwana

Address: 

Abraham & Sarwana
MZ-3, PIDC House
Dr. Ziauddin Road
Karachi 75530
Pakistan

Phone Number: 
(92 21) 3568 7360
Fax Number: 
(92 21) 3568 7364
Email: 
info@abrahamslaw.net
Born: 
1941, Delhi
Languages: 
English Urdu
Nationalities: 
Pakistani
Education: 
University of Karachi, BA (1961)
LLB (1963)
University of Pennsylvania, LLM (1967)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Karachi Bar 1963
Present Position: 
Counsel and Head of Arbitration Practice: Abraham & Sarwana
Professional Experience: 

Judge, High Court of Sindh, 28 October 1997 to 31 December 2003 (Decided over 600 cases involving Admiralty, Agency, Aviation, Banking, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporate Finance, Distributorship, Franchises, Joint Ventures, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Mergers & Amalgamation, Insolvency, Customs, Construction Disputes, Shipping, Excise & Taxation, Labor & Employment etc.); Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, October 1973 to October 1997, January 2004 to date; Advocate, High Court (Karachi Bench) August 1963 to October 1997

Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration; Adjunct Faculty Member and Visiting Lecturer, S. M. Law College, Islamia Law College, Dept. of International Relations, University of Karachi, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, Intellectual Property Law Seminar, Colombo (July 1991), organized by WIPO, Geneva

Have acted/am acting as Presiding Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Umpire and Counsel in several arbitration cases including ICC and KLRCA arbitration

Professional Associations: 

Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators; Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration; Member, Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association

Panels of Arbitrators: 

WIPO International Arbitrators and Mediators; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; International Chamber of Commerce, Pakistan; American Arbitration Association – ICDR; Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry – FACT Panel; Dubai International Arbitration Centre

Arbitration Experience: 

Have acted/am acting as Presiding Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Umpire, Sole Arbitrator, and Counsel in Several Arbitration Cases including ICC and KLRCA arbitration

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration
Commercial Disputes
Construction Disputes
International Arbitration
International Trade
Intellectual Property Disputes
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
  • Pakistan Chapter in “International Execution Against Judgment Debtors”, Thomson Reuters Business, 2012 Edition
  • “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Pakistan”, published in Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Asia and the Pacific, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria, 2006
  • “Pakistan and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Clauses”, IPBA Journal No. 38, June 2005
  • “Commercial Laws of Pakistan”, Edition: 2005, 1993 and 1980
  • “Patent & Trade Marks Laws of Pakistan”, Edition: 1993 and 1980
  • Published in “Digest of Commercial Laws of the World,” Oceana Publications, New York
  • “Expert System – Interactive Software for International Contracts”, Prepared by Wilmer Hale, Counselors-at-Law, Boston, Mass., USA (Revised regularly 1993 – 2006)
  • “Economic Consideration in Boundary Making”, Pakistan Horizon, Vol.2 p.213 (1969)