Aisha graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
(SOAS) in 2002 and thereafter undertook the Bar Vocational Court at BPP Law School
London and the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
and was called to the Bar in October 2003. She then proceeded to complete the
post graduate LLM degree from University College London, University of London
(UCL) in Corporate and Commercial Law in September 2004 and thereafter worked
in-house with a firm of solicitors in Middlesex, London
before returning to Pakistan
and joining Vellani & Vellani in May 2005.
Since her return, Aisha has
been involved in and had conduct of matters including general corporate and
commercial transactional work including matters relating to finance and
taxation, joint ventures, project financing, projects involving the grant and
exploitation of government concessions, anti-trust, the setting up and operation
of manufacturing facilities, banking and financing transactions,
privatisation deals, mergers, acquisitions, foreign direct investment,
incorporation of companies, public floatation and tender offers for listed
securities, patent and copyright related work, general commercial and
corporate litigation and certain arbitration matters. Such work has been
conducted in the field of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, cement, steel,
tobacco, edible oils, tea, shipping and trade, banking and finance, telecom and
civil aviation, and coal washing and coal purification. She is enrolled as an
advocate with the Sindh Bar Council and is a member of the Karachi Bar
Council, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn,
the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Rights (AIPPI) and the Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA).
