Mayhar Mustafa Kazi

Mayhar Mustafa Kazi is a Partner at RIAA Barker Gillette in the Karachi office, specialising in Dispute Resolution. With over 15 years of experience, he leads complex commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory challenges, as well as strategic advisory work on tax, foreign investment and sector-specific regulatory frameworks for Fortune 500 companies and leading Pakistani enterprises across energy, infrastructure, financial services and technology.

Mayhar has achieved several precedent-setting outcomes in Pakistan, including the first recognition of a foreign arbitral award under the New York Convention, the first judgment on derivative actions in shareholder disputes, and the first decision on High Courts' Constitutional Bench jurisdiction under the 26th Amendment. He has served as expert witness on Pakistani law before the English High Court. Notable recent matters include representing Gunvor in litigation against Pakistan State Oil and Pakistan LNG Limited, defending Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company's USD 2 billion CPEC infrastructure project against an environmental challenge, and representing the Hub Power Company in a PKR 11.5 billion commercial dispute. His disputes practice encompasses arbitration, contracts, company law, employment, environment, insurance, power, oil and gas, shipping and tax related matters. He also brings substantial M&A and project finance experience to his advisory work.

Mayhar holds degrees from the University of Karachi and the University of London. He regularly contributes to Bloomberg Tax Planning International Review, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, LexisNexis and Lexology on Pakistan's tax, foreign investment and dispute resolution landscape.