Rabel Z. Akhund
Founder and Managing Partner
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Sahar Iqbal
Partner
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H M Shanjid Siddique
Managing Partner – Bangladesh
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Mia Forbes Pirie
Of Counsel
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Rabel Z. Akhund
Founder and Managing Partner
Email :rabel.akhund AT akhundforbes.com
Rabel has practised law for over 20 years in London, Pakistan and internationally. He is a graduate of University College London where he obtained his LL.B and LL.M degrees and is a Solicitor of England & Wales and an Advocate in Pakistan. Prior to founding Akhund Forbes and during his 8 year career in leading global law firms in London, Rabel successfully worked on and completed cross border private equity buy-out transactions with a combined value in excess of £5 billion. Rabel trained and qualified as a solicitor at a leading global law firm in London.
Rabel is deeply involved in all Non-Litigation client matters at Akhund Forbes. He himself leads all Corporate and Finance transactions and Projects work for his major clients supported by his able team of Partners and Associates.
In 2019 alone, Rabel advised his major clients on corporate and finance transactions in excess of USD 2 billion and major projects with an aggregate value of nearly USD 3 billion.
Chambers and Partners ranks Rabel as a leading lawyer for Corporate and Commercial in Pakistan and describes him as “knowledgeable, supportive of the client requests and responsive”, “prompt, precise and courteous” and “very skilled”.
Legal 500 recognizes Rabel as a “leading individual” for Capital Markets and quotes clients as saying the following about him: ‘Rabel Akhund is a reassuring lawyer to have working on any transaction. With his experience of working in London, he understands well what is in an international counsel’s mind and can respond accordingly‘
The latest edition of Asialaw recognises Rabel as a Distinguished Practitioner for Banking & Finance and Corporate and M&A in Pakistan.
Sahar Iqbal
Partner
Email :sahar.iqbal AT akhundforbes.com
Sahar obtained her LL.B (Hons) degree from University of London. Sahar is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn and an Advocate of the High Courts in Pakistan. Sahar specializes in Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets, TMT, Private Equity & Joint Ventures, Funds & Asset Management, Employment, Infrastructure & Projects at Akhund Forbes.
Sahar draws upon her strengths acquired from assuming responsibility of and working on important and complex transactions throughout her career at Akhund Forbes and has advised the Firm’s major clients on multi hundred million dollar transactions.
Legal 500 recognizes Sahar as a “Leading Individual” for Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets, and she is also well regarded for her work on TMT and Employment Law. Legal500 quotes clients a saying the following about her:
‘Sahar Iqbal is a valuable resource at the firm and is highly rated. She provides dedicated services throughout the transaction along with support post-closure as well. She immediately attended to our concerns and we were quite pleased by her instant grasp and understanding of the matter at hand. She and her team did indeed make this rather complicated matter quite easy for us.’
‘Sahar Iqbal very clearly explained the complexities of the case and walked us through it all, thereby alleviating our fears and concerns by simplifying the matter until we were very comfortable with it. She is very open to new suggested approaches, and she leverages her extensive experience to facilitate sound advice around those new approaches.’
‘Sahar Iqbal provides practical advice that allows us to easily create actionable options for our business and she makes herself available to answer queries. Shel is very pro-active and in a very quick time understands the very dimensions of the issues, and has skills to think outside the box.’
Sahar is also a ranked lawyer for Corporate/Commercial in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners and is described as: “a very talented lawyer, who clearly has a lot of experience working with large clients, and on complicated matters. Her advice is easy to implement because it is always practical and succinct. She is one of the most responsive and attentive lawyers that I have ever worked with.”
Sahar is recognised as a Notable Practitioner for Capital Markets and Corporate and M&A in Pakistan in the latest edition of Asialaw.
H-M-Shanjid Siddique
Managing Partner – Bangladesh
Email : shanjid.siddiqueATakhundforbes.com
Shanjid has been practicing law for over 12 years. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London in 2010 and was then called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2011. He is a leading corporate and commercial lawyer in Bangladesh and also advises on employment law, trade law, and white-collar criminal investigations. Shanjid is uniquely capable of providing both litigation and corporate transactional services. He is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Additionally, Shanjid is on the List of Assistants to Counsel of the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, Netherlands. He is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Supreme Court Bar Association, and Dhaka Bar Association.
Mia Forbes Pirie
Of Counsel
Email :mia.forbes AT akhundforbes.com
Mia Forbes Pirie is Of Counsel to Akhund Forbes.
Mia has practised law for over 7 years in the London office of a leading global law firm. She specialises in matters related to the environment, competition/antitrust, trade and European Union law.
Mia has advised many FTSE 100 corporations on some of the largest transactions in Europe.
She draws upon her strengths as a senior lawyer with an in-depth knowledge of modern environmental technologies and the international regulations governing climate change.
Mia is currently advising the UK Government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on environmental technologies. In addition, she also advises on the implementation of building energy efficiency legislation.
Mia read law at University College London where she obtained her LL.B. (Hons) in 1998. Mia also holds a Masters in Law from Bruges and a Masters of Science in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.
Mia is based in London.