Mr. Aziz retired as Collector Customs (Appraisement) after putting in 25 years of public service in the year1999. He is enrolled to practice as an Advocate in the High Courts of Pakistan.
As Chief Consultant at Masood Aziz Associates, he has been providing consultancy services to a large number of corporate clients in matters pertaining to Customs, Sales Tax, Federal Excise, WTO related matters, Anti-dumping duty and other matters falling within the domain of National Tariff Commission, Pakistan Standard, Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)'s regulations, State Bank of Pakistan's regulations pertaining to imports & exports and fiscal anomalies arising out of changes in Custom tariff structures.
Mr. Aziz has organized numerous training workshops and seminars for corporate clients on the following topics:
He supervises the litigation being handled by Associates at the Firm including replies to show-cause notices, appeals before the Collector and Commissioner (Appeals), Appellate Tribunals and reference applications as well as constitutional petitions before the High Courts of Pakistan.
Mr. Aziz also advises clients about the implications of Free Trade Agreements and other bilateral and multilateral trade and tariff concessional Agreements entered into by the Government of Pakistan.
Mr. Aziz has spearheaded and successfully completed a number of consultancy projects on international trade transaction analysis and review that were awarded to the firm by the World Bank, UNCTAD and Government of Pakistan. He recently completed a World Bank project regarding the review of the tax regime in the province of Sindh and formulated recommendations to introduce reforms that were approved by the World Bank.
Mr. Kasi retired as Collector Customs, Custom House, Karachi in 2001. He is enrolled to practice as an Advocate in the High Courts of Pakistan.
He joined Masood Aziz & Associates in 2001. His hands on experience of Customs, Sales Tax and Federal Excise laws has facilitated the firm in effectivelyhandling disputed matters referred by clients and in establishing legal and practical remedies available to clients for obtaining quick relief at various administrative and judicial fora.
His work experience at Masood Aziz and Associates includes:
Mr. Kasi has regularly participated and given lectures in workshops and seminars arranged by the firm for its corporate clients on the following topics:
Memberships
MrKasi is a member of the following:
Mr. Aziz graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) Degree from King’s College London in 2009 and subsequently was called to the Bar by the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn. He is enrolled to practice in the High Courts of Pakistan
He has worked in reputable and leading law firm’s in Pakistan including Fazleghani Advocates and Liaquat Merchant Associates and has over a decade of legal experience.
Mr Aziz drafts plaints, pleadings, stay applications, affidavits and other miscellaneous applications and argues cases before tax tribunals, district courts, banking courts and the High Courts of Pakistan in respect of litigation disputes, including but not limited to, banking law, civil law, company law, competition law, constitutional law, customs law, family law, public procurement law and tax laws.
He also drafts legal opinions and provides legal advice on any query received from the firm's clients and drafts legal notices on behalf of clients. He also undertakes corporate advisory work and regularly drafts and vets agreements.
His work experience includes:
Memberships
Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Sindh Bar Council
Karachi Bar Association
Umair Alam (Barrister-at-Law)
Head of Corporate Law
Mr. Umair Alam has recently joined the team at Masood Aziz & Associates having over a decade of legal experience at top-tier law firms dealing with contentious and non-contentious corporate/commercial matters. He has graduated with an LLB from Hull (UK), and has an LLM in International Commercial Law from Newcastle (UK). He was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2011.
During his practice he has focused on mergers & acquisitions (including takeover laws, competition laws and foreign exchange laws), legal due diligence, capital markets, corporate restructuring, banking, corporate governance and compliance related laws as well as advising on shareholder & boardroom strategies. He regularly provides general corporate advice to various corporate clients. He has extensive experience advising on various specific regulatory regimes including matters pertaining to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, State Bank of Pakistan, and Competition Commission of Pakistan.
During his time at Haidermota & Co., he has advised various local and international companies, financial institutions and sponsors on the largest and most complex transactions in Pakistan, ranging from acquisition of listed companies, public offerings, public takeovers, mergers, strategic alliances, joint ventures and corporate restructuring. He is capable of handling transactions from early negotiations/due diligence to closing mechanics and consummation. He has solid experience of drafting/reviewing and negotiating various documents which may be required including inter alia term sheets, exclusivity agreements, memorandums of understanding, escrow agreements, share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, applications for regulatory approvals, and dealing with the closing and post-closing formalities of a merger and acquisition deal.
Mr. Alam renders legal advice on various areas of law involving corporate and commercial law including regulatory compliance; competition law; aviation; public procurement; trade organizations laws; employment/labour; insurance; employee stock options; constitutional matters; and foreign exchange laws.
Memberships
Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Sindh Bar Council
Karachi Bar Association
Mr. Butt retired as Deputy Collector of Customs in 2008. During his public service from 1972 to 2008, he was widely regarded as a highly competent and knowledgeable officer of Customs. He worked in PRAL as a Customs Consultant between 2008 to 2013. He joined Masood Aziz & Associates in 2013.
Mr Butt has vast experience in the realm of classification of goods (particularly chemicals and chemical preparations). He had represented Pakistan in the Harmonized System Committee meetings at World Customs Organization, Brussels. During his tenure as Principal Appraiser, Assistant and Deputy Collector in the Appraisement Collectorate, he was actively associated with the Classification Centre of the Appraisement Collectorate to resolve classification disputes that arose in Customs Collectorates all across Pakistan. He has vast hands-on experience of assessments of imported goods. He handled legal matters of the Appraisement Collectorate for over five years before various judicial fora including the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Mr. Butt's work experience at Masood Aziz & Associates includes:
B. Com, LL.B., (LLM), University of Karachi
Mr. Nasir Ahmad Malik works on various Sales Tax related matters and routinely appears in the Sindh High Court, Appellate Tribunal IR, Customs Appellate Tribunal & Appellate Tribunal Sindh Revenue Board (SRB). He Also appears in Adjudication and Appeals matters before the Quasi-Judicial authorities of FBR and SRB. He has extensive experience in drafting replies to the Audit Observations, Show-Cause Notices besides drafting of appeals against the orders passed by the Quasi-Judicial fora. He also provides legal opinion on issues raised by the clients regarding Sales Tax Act, 1990 and the Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011.
He worked as Project Consultant in Sindh Government's project funded by the World Bank on Analysis of Provincial Taxes in Sindh and Baluchistan wherein he performed the following activities:
Mr. Malik's work experience includes:
Memberships
Mr. Malik is a member of the following:
M.A., LL.B., University of Karachi
Mr. Younus Rao works on various Customs related matters and routinely appears in the Customs Appellate Tribunal, at Collectorates of Adjudication and Appeals, Directorate of Customs Valuation. He represents clients before the Sindh High Court in Constitutional Petitions (CPs) and Special Customs Reference Applications (SCRA). He has extensive experience of drafting replies to the Audit Observations and Show-Cause Notices. He excels in drafting appeals against the orders passed by the Customs adjudication officers and Collector (Appeals). He also drafts Writ Petitions and Special Customs Reference Applications on behalf of the clients for filing before the High Courts. He excels at drafting legal opinions for the firm’s clients and provides legal advice on any query received from them pertaining to indirect tax laws.
His work experience includes:
Assisted in scrutinizing Customs procedures on as-is-basis running on PaCCS and One Customs system; Holding meetings with the stakeholders to identify processes for completion of an import / export transaction; Drafting of detailed flow charts of such procedures; and Listing all the Customs documents required to be scanned with the GDs. Providing input to clients, on various concessionary regimes under the Customs law including Bilateral / Multilateral Agreements, SROs and Schedules of the statutes on Customs and Sales Tax. Advising clients on issues related to Trade Policy measures. Assisting clients on issues related to valuation of goods in light of the provisions of Section-25 of the Customs Act, 1969.
Memberships
Sindh Bar Council (SBC)
Karachi Bar Association (KBA)
Customs and Sales Tax Practitioners Association