Welcome to Hayat & Sarwar

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Barrister Abbas Hayat is a partner at the firm. He has his LLB (Hons) from City, University of London (now known as City St George’s, University of London). Later on, he was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, and then he completed his Master of Law (LLM) with a specialization in Advanced Advocacy Skills from City, University of London (now known as City St George’s, University of London). He is an Advocate of the High Court and subordinate courts of Pakistan with six years of experience. He has served as the secretary of the Legal Colloquium Committee at the Lahore High Court Bar Association. 

After completion of his studies, he joined Awan Ali, where he assisted senior advocates primarily on transactional and litigation work. From there, he relocated as an associate at Qayyum & Associates in Lahore, Pakistan, and gained rich court experience by litigating cases covering corporate, civil, banking, contract, and family litigation under the mentorship of Justice (R) Malik Muhammad Qayyum and Barrister Mohammad Ahmad Qayyum. 

Currently, Mr. Hayat is also a legal advisor to different government entities, which include the Walton Cantonment Board, Lahore Cantonment Board, and legal consultant to Punjab Food Authority. Mr. Hayat, on a routine basis, provides legal services regularly to various banks, public entities, and corporate entities. His main areas of practice are human rights, civil, criminal, banking, company, family, arbitration, constitutional, intellectual property and tax laws. He also frequently writes articles on various legal subjects, which are published in the News and the Daily Times.

Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Umair is an advocate  in the High Court with more than seven years of experience in civil, commercial, revenue, and banking matters. He has multiple reported judgments in leading constitutional cases.
He started his career working with HAF, dealing primarily with banking matters. He has also worked with Ali Ahmad Awan & Associates, where he dealt with sales tax litigation for sugar mills. Before joining,  Hayat & Sarwar as partners, he was working as the head of civil litigation at Qayyum & Associates. 

Noor Ahsan is a Partner at the firm. She has extensive experience handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. She has done her LLB Hons from Queen Mary University of London, UK, and then went on to complete her LLM & Bar from the City University of London, UK. Noor’s practice primarily focuses on tax, corporate, constitutional, criminal, and civil law. Before joining H&S, she worked at Asma Hamid Associates, Lahore, handling a wide range of legal matters. Prior to moving to Lahore, Noor gained rich experience under the mentorship of Mr. Khawaja Shams-ul-Islam, a leading chambers in Karachi, where she appeared before multiple forums in Sindh on civil, criminal, family, and constitutional matters. She has a special interest in international law.

Her expertise includes research, drafting, litigation, and legal advisory across various legal areas, including Criminal law (including bail matters), Family law (custody of children, divorce/khula, declaration of inheritance, and domestic violence) Human rights cases,Tax, civil, and corporate law.

Prior to returning to Pakistan, Noor was selected by Queen Mary University, UK, to work with a team of lawyers at the Legal Advice Center, providing pro bono legal assistance on property and land matters. She also briefly worked part-time at Times PBS in London (headquartered in Dubai, UAE), where she assisted senior barristers and solicitors in appeals, research, and correspondence with the Home Office on cases involving victims of terrorism, asylum seekers, and refugees.

Noor is also an active member of the All Pakistan Women’s Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers (UK).