Pakistan

Sahar Iqbal

Position:Partner

Firm:Akhund Forbes

Email:sahar.iqbal@akhundforbes.com

Website: https://akhundforbes.com/

Address: D-21, Block 4, Clifton, Karachi, Sindh 75600, Pakistan

Main Expertise:

  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Capital Markets
  • Labor & Employment
  • Projects & Energy

Related Industries:

 
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT)
  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Public Sector

 

Sahar Iqbal Sahar Iqbal is a Partner at Akhund Forbes, having joined the firm in 2009 and become a partner in 2013. She advises on high-value corporate, M&A, capital markets, projects, labour and employment matters, and has acted on multi-hundred-million-dollar transactions. She is consistently recognised by leading international legal directories for her corporate and commercial expertise.

Qualifications and Memberships:
Qualifications
  • Called to the Bar of England & Wales
  • Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan
Professional Memberships
  • Officer, International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Member, Women’s Standing Committee, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Education
  • LL.B.(Hons), City St George’s, University of London
Awards
  • Leading Partner (Corporate, M&A, Projects, Energy, Capital Markets, Labour & Employment), Legal 500, 2026
  • Ranked Lawyer (Corporate/Commercial, Pakistan), Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2026
  • Notable Practitioner (Corporate & M&A; Capital Markets), Asialaw, 2026

Languages:English

 

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