Khozem A. Haidermota

Senior Partner

With over 33 years of experience, Khozem’s expertise include mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, privatisations, securitisations, general corporate advisory, telecom, oil and gas, foreign investment and real estate.

Khozem has a number of publications to his credit and has chaired/participated in various seminars and delivered lectures on, inter alia, real estate investment trusts, asset securitisation, mergers and acquisitions, technology and justice and digital banking.

Khozem has consistently been ranked as one of the top corporate lawyers in Pakistan by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

Chambers and Partners describes Khozem as a first-rate banking lawyer with impressive knowledge of capital markets regulations and practice”. Chambers and Partners have quoted clients, who label him “dedicated and hard-working,”, an “incredibly smart man” and appreciate that he “possesses vast knowledge and is very experienced, and always delivers workable solutions to complex issues.” He offers clients extensive experience in transactional corporate matters, including M&A and market entry. One market source reports: “No one matches him where work ethic is concerned.” Another client quotes: “Khozem is the top corporate lawyer in Pakistan and is the go-to person for anything complex. He has incredibly diverse experience and has a unique ability to think out of the box. He is highly recommended for any high-end work.” Others quote Khozem as a “bulwark” of the market and a “go-to lawyer” who is “on the ball when it comes to banking law.” A client notes that his “excellent and in-depth analytical work results in practical solutions.”

According to Legal 500 a client mentions “Khozem Haidermota was the key person we dealt with. In addition to the quality of work and turnaround time, he is very accessible which brings in a lot of efficiency in the work we do.”

Khozem is enrolled as an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan.

Awards- Awards and Recognitions

  • Band 1 – Banking and Finance (Chambers and Partners)

  • Band 1 – Corporate/Commercial (Chambers and Partners) since 2008

  • Eminent Practitioners – Corporate/Commercial (Chambers and Partners) since 2021        

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Member, New York State Bar

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C. 

  • Master of Science in Foreign Service (concentration: International Business Diplomacy), Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 

  • B.Sc. (Economics, Cum Laude, concentration: Finance), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia P.A.