Umar Shereef is a senior partner of the Firm, specializing in Projects, Project Finance, Privatisation and PPP. Umar has over 20 years of experiences advising both sponsors and lenders (including DFIs and ECAs) on all development and financing aspects of power (including thermal and renewable) and infrastructure transactions. Most recently he has been working on water projects in the PPP sector with DFIs and the government, developing Pakistan’s first privately-owned water treatment and distribution projects.

Chambers and Partners describes Umar as a “seasoned practitioner who has a stellar reputation for his work in the energy sector” and according to one client “maybe the best lawyer in Pakistan on issues related to power tariff”. (Chambers and Partners)

According to Legal 500 Umar is “an institution when it comes to energy and power and privatizations”.

Umar has helped establish the Firm’s Project Finance and Energy departments, which now houses one of the strongest and experienced teams in the market. With Umar’s depth of experience clients regularly turn to him for his effective negotiation skills, strong technical skills and practical perspective.

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