Badaruddin F. Vellani
Senior Partner
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Education
Chemical Engineering | Loughborough University B.Sc. Honours | 1980
City University London | Diploma in Law | 1981
The Honourable Society of Middle Temple | United Kingdom - Council of Legal Education | 1982
Badaruddin F. Vellani
Senior Partner
Badaruddin F. Vellani is the Senior Partner of the Firm. He is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has over 40 years of experience in in corporate, commercial and dispute resolution matters including mergers, acquisitions, divestments, intellectual property, anti-trust, banking, finance and project finance, infrastructure projects, taxation and labour law matters. His experience spans across a wide variety of sectors, with notable experience in the Oil & Gas, Energy, Banking & Finance, Project Financing, Intellectual Property, Pharma, Healthcare, Chemicals, Industrial, and the Food & Beverage sectors. He has helped set up various multi-national corporations in Pakistan and reputable philanthropic organizations, and remains actively involved with them.
In addition to his general legal practice, he advises on intellectual property matters including registration assignment and licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names, unfair competition licensing and franchising, and litigation in each of these specialised areas of work.
MEMBERSHIPS
• Sindh Bar Council
• Sindh High Court Bar Association
• Supreme Court Bar Association
• The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association
• AIPPI
He is a member of the Board of Directors of publicly listed and private entities, which comprise Shell Pakistan Limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited, Wyeth Pakistan Limited, Roche Pakistan Limited, Novartis Pharma (Pakistan) Limited, and Esso Pakistan (Private) Limited. He also serves on the boards of the following not-for-profit entities:
• The Aga Khan University
• Aga Khan University Foundation, Pakistan
• Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College Foundation
• Governor on the Board of Governors of Hisaar Foundation
• Vice Chairman of the member of Board of the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy
• Faculty member at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
• Member of the Advisory Committee to the Board of Development Corporation Pakistan Advisers (Private) Limited, a British International Investment plc subsidiary in Pakistan, formerly Commonwealth Development Corporation, United Kingdom.
He previously also served on the board of trustees of Habib University
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Education
Chemical Engineering | Loughborough University B.Sc. Honours | 1980
City University London | Diploma in Law | 1981
The Honourable Society of Middle Temple | United Kingdom - Council of Legal Education | 1982