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Our team

The people who will actually run your matter.

Every file has one named partner or senior associate who owns it from instruction to closing note. Work is delegated where that is efficient; responsibility is not.

Founding Partner24 years in practice

Sarah Aleem

Sarah founded the firm in 2004 and leads its corporate practice, advising boards and investors on transactions where the governance question matters as much as the price.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Corporate & Financial Law
  • LL.B. (Hons), First Class
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2001

Languages: English, Urdu, Arabic

Managing Partner21 years in practice

Daniyal Rashid

Daniyal leads the firm's disputes practice and serves as Managing Partner. He appears as counsel in commercial litigation and institutional arbitration.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., International Dispute Resolution
  • LL.B. (Hons)
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2004

Languages: English, Urdu, French

Partner17 years in practice

Mariam Farooq

Mariam leads the family and private client practice, with a settlement-first approach and a strong record in contested custody and financial provision matters.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Family & Child Law
  • LL.B.
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2008

Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi

Partner19 years in practice

Omar Siddiqui

Omar defends individuals and companies in criminal and regulatory proceedings, with particular depth in fraud, breach of trust and corporate liability.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Criminal Justice
  • LL.B. (Hons)
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2006

Languages: English, Urdu

Partner16 years in practice

Elena Marchetti

Elena advises developers, institutional owners and lenders on acquisitions, development structures, leasing and construction documentation.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Real Property & Construction Law
  • LL.B.
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2009

Languages: English, Italian, Urdu

Senior Associate11 years in practice

Zaid Hassan

Zaid builds and enforces IP portfolios for brand and technology clients, and handles the licensing and data work that sits alongside them.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Intellectual Property Law
  • B.Sc., Computer Science
  • LL.B.

Languages: English, Urdu

Senior Associate10 years in practice

Aisha Noor

Aisha advises employers on the full employment lifecycle and conducts independent workplace investigations that stand up to challenge.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Employment & Labour Law
  • LL.B. (Hons)
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2015

Languages: English, Urdu, Pashto

Of Counsel28 years in practice

Thomas Reyes

Thomas advises on transaction structuring and cross-border tax, and represents clients through audit, assessment and appeal.

Qualifications

  • LL.M., Taxation
  • Chartered Accountant
  • LL.B.

Languages: English, Spanish

Senior attention as standard

Partners average nineteen years in practice. On every matter, the person setting the strategy is the person who has run one like it before.

Supervision that is real

Junior lawyers do the work they are competent to do, reviewed by a named supervisor whose own appraisal depends on that review actually happening.

Continuity across a matter

Your team does not change because the matter moved to a new stage. The lawyer who advised on the structure is the one who defends it.

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Response time
Every enquiry acknowledged within one business day.