Shehryar Riaz Sheikh

Advocate High Court

• Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister
• LLB. (Hons), University of Essex

Barrister Shehryar Riaz completed his LLB (Hons) from the University of Essex in 2010. In 2012, he was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

After returning from London in 2011, he started practice as an associate at Ranjha Law Chambers where he assisted the senior partner with legal research in various corporate, commercial and civil matters. In 2012, he got an opportunity to work as the Legal Consultant to the Attorney General for Pakistan. Since he has an avid interest in constitutional law, he availed the opportunity to work at the Office of the Attorney General of Pakistan in Islamabad for over a year where he was exposed to the most diverse legal practice. During this period, he directly assisted the Attorney General of Pakistan with legal research and assistance in the most complex, landmark and high-profile cases before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. After being enriched by this experience, in 2014, Barrister Riaz joined Ashtar Ali & Co. as an associate where he delved into a wide range of areas of legal practice. Aside from assisting the senior partner in cases before the High Courts and Supreme Court of Pakistan, he gained considerable experience by appearing and representing clients before the High Courts, Session Court, Banking Court, NAB Court and Civil Courts. Aside from this, he also provided consultancy services to various clients in matters relating to civil law, commercial law, regulatory law, NAB law, company law amongst other matters.

At Sayeed, Hfeez & Mirza, Barrister Riaz primarily deals with corporate and civil cases. He provides advisory services to a variety of clients pertaining to civil law, regulatory compliance, tax law, commercial law, contract law, company law, labour disputes, constitutional law etc. Clients include banks, private and public limited companies, listed companies amongst others. He also represents clients before the Lahore High Court, Islamabad High Court, NAB Court, Sessions Court, Civil Court and other judicial & quasi-judicial forums. Barrister Riaz works extensively on matters relating to regulatory compliance in the Telecom sector and has been engaged by a major telecom operator in various regulatory matters before the Islamabad High Court and PTA. Additionally, he has dealt with taxation matters and has represented FBR before the Lahore High Court in cases relating to sales tax, income tax etc. He also advises Banks on filing of recovery suits and execution of decrees, draft settlement agreements and provides advice on regulatory compliance.