At Legum, our strength lies in our people. The firm’s lawyers are trusted advisors and skilled advocates, known for their legal expertise, professional integrity, and commitment to delivering results. With decades of combined experience across a range of practice areas, our team brings deep insight and strategic thinking to every matter.
Each member of our team shares a dedication to excellence, client service, and continuous learning, ensuring that Legum remains at the forefront of Pakistan’s legal profession. We invite you to meet the lawyers who drive our success.
Muhammad Arif Khan
Senior Partner
Mr. Muhammad Arif Khan is a seasoned litigator and Senior Partner at Legum, with over three decades of distinguished experience in criminal defence, criminal prosecution, environmental law, anti-narcotics law, accountability, and anti-corruption matters. His career spans key roles in both public service and private practice, reflecting a rare depth of expertise across Pakistan’s criminal justice system.
Mr. Khan served for nine years as a Judicial Member of the Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal, where he presided over significant environmental litigation and regulatory matters. Prior to this, he held the position of Senior Public Prosecutor at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), contributing to major anti-corruption prosecutions across Pakistan.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Khan served as a Panel Advocate for Pakistan Customs in proceedings before the Special Court for Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS), where he prosecuted complex narcotics and drug-related cases. In private practice, he has spent over a decade as a criminal defence lawyer, successfully representing clients in a wide range of high-profile and sensitive criminal matters.
Known for his rigorous legal analysis, courtroom acumen, and unwavering professional integrity, Mr. Khan brings unparalleled insight to complex criminal and regulatory issues. As a Senior Partner at Legum, he plays a key leadership role in the firm’s litigation and white-collar crime practice, providing strategic guidance and advocacy in some of the most challenging legal matters in Pakistan.
Dr. Nikhat Saba
Managing Partner
Dr. Nikhat Saba is Managing Partner at Legum, where she combines seasoned courtroom advocacy with broad transactional and regulatory expertise. A distinguished litigator in civil and property law, family matters, and landlord–tenant disputes, she also advises clients on labour law, banking law, foreign-exchange regulation and corporate governance.
In her civil and property practice, Dr. Saba handles complex ownership and boundary disputes, property transfers, and enforcement of contractual rights before district and High Courts. Equally adept in family law, she represents clients in guardianship applications, dissolution of marriage (including Khula and restitution of conjugal rights), child-custody and maintenance proceedings, and domestic violence cases—always balancing empathy with tenacious advocacy.
Beyond litigation, Dr. Saba is a trusted advisor on a wide range of regulatory and commercial matters. She guides employers and trade unions through labour-law compliance, negotiates banking-sector transactions, and ensures clients meet State Bank of Pakistan requirements for foreign-exchange dealings. Her corporate-law practice covers company formations, shareholders’ agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and ongoing corporate-governance counseling.
As a leader at Legum, Dr. Saba drives the firm’s strategic growth, mentors junior lawyers, and shapes our multidisciplinary service model. Her deep understanding of Pakistan’s legal and regulatory landscape, combined with her meticulous approach, ensures that corporate and individual clients alike receive the most effective, commercially savvy representation.
Ahmer Jamil Khan
Partner
Mr. Ahmer Jamil Khan is a partner at Legum, where he advises multinational corporations, global technology platforms, telecommunication companies, internet service providers and international airlines on a wide range of regulatory, commercial, and contentious legal matters in Pakistan. With a strong focus on high-impact sectors such as telecommunications, digital services, aviation, and competition law, he provides strategic counsel that blends legal precision with commercial insight.
Ahmer regularly represents clients in complex regulatory proceedings, commercial disputes, and competition matters before Pakistani authorities and courts. His experience includes acting in merger control, licensing, consumer protection, and data governance issues, as well as assisting clients in structuring distribution, agency, and IP licensing arrangements.
In the aviation sector, he has advised and represented numerous foreign carriers, cargo operators, and aviation service providers in regulatory, contractual, and consumer claims, including matters involving passenger compensation, flight delays and cancellations, cargo loss, and proceedings before aviation regulators.
Ahmer has also been involved in several merger and acquisition transactions, advising on competition compliance, transactional structuring, and regulatory approvals. He routinely appears before key regulators, including the Competition Commission of Pakistan, and has acted in appeals before specialized tribunals and the High Courts.
Known for his methodical approach and cross-sector experience, Ahmer offers clients practical and forward-thinking solutions in a legal landscape that is rapidly evolving.
Mirza Abdul Ghafoor
Senior Counsel
Mr. Mirza Abdul Ghafoor is a seasoned legal practitioner with decades of experience advising and representing clients in a wide range of civil and property-related matters. As one of the senior counsels at Legum, he brings a practical, solution-oriented approach to complex legal disputes and transactions involving real estate, family law, and civil litigation.
His work spans the full spectrum of property law, including residential, commercial, and industrial transactions, property disputes, title verifications, partition matters, and litigation involving fraudulent transfers or encroachments. He regularly advises on leases, licenses, landlord and tenant issues, and acts for clients in matters relating to real estate development, construction, and compliance with building control and municipal regulations.
Mr. Ghafoor also has extensive experience in family and personal law, handling cases involving divorce, custody, inheritance, succession, and guardianship, as well as civil and criminal defamation, and general civil litigation.
Known for his thorough understanding of procedural and substantive law, Mr. Ghafoor has appeared before civil and family courts, rent tribunals, and appellate forums across Sindh. His calm and methodical style, combined with deep legal insight, makes him a trusted advisor to individuals, developers, property investors, and business owners alike.
Zafar Iqbal
Associate
Zafar Iqbal is an Associate at Legum with fourteen years of post-qualification experience across civil and criminal litigation. He regularly appears before the High Court of Sindh, district courts, and special courts and tribunals, providing robust representation to clients in complex legal disputes and ensuring their rights are vigorously defended.
In his civil practice, Zafar has achieved significant successes in unlawful dispossession and property recovery matters. He guides clients through every stage—from filing plaints and injunction applications to arguing substantive hearings—securing prompt restoration of tenancy and ownership rights against wrongful occupiers.
On the criminal side, Zafar is adept at securing bail and navigating early-stage criminal procedures. He prepares and argues bail applications under tight deadlines, negotiates with prosecution authorities, and leverages his deep understanding of procedural safeguards to minimize clients’ exposure to pretrial detention.
Zafar also carries a strong track record in banking-court litigation, representing borrowers and guarantors in suits for loan recovery, mortgage enforcement, and summary execution. Beyond courtroom advocacy, he excels in alternative dispute resolution: conducting high-stakes negotiations, mediating complex disputes, and serving as an advocate in arbitration proceedings to help parties reach efficient, cost-effective settlements.
Sahir Arif Khan
Associate
Sahir Arif Khan is an Associate at Legum with over two years of post-qualification experience advising both multinational and domestic clients across a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. He brings a commercially driven approach to each engagement, ensuring that contracts, joint-venture agreements, and transactional documents not only meet clients’ immediate objectives but also anticipate future business needs and regulatory developments.
In addition to his corporate practice, Sahir has developed deep expertise in labour and employment law, guiding employers through hiring and termination processes, preparing petitions and statements in labour disputes, and managing compliance with inspection protocols. He also maintains a robust intellectual-property portfolio practice, assisting technology start-ups and established brands with trademark searches, registrations, and enforcement strategies to safeguard their innovations and brand identities in Pakistan.
Sahir’s regulatory and taxation work further complements his practice, as he counsels clients on sector-specific licensing requirements, prepares regulatory filings, and designs bespoke compliance frameworks for digital-platform operators and telecommunications providers.
With a background in computer science, law and taxation, Sahir leverages his technical background to advise on technology-related legal matters—from software licensing and data protection to cross-border data-transfer issues, and this makes him a valuable advisor for clients operating at the intersection of law and technology.
Sana Ameen Jan
Associate
Sana Ameen Jan is an Advocate at Legum who regularly appears before District Courts and Tribunals in Karachi. Her litigation work spans a wide range of civil matters, including succession, administration, custody and guardianship, khula, aviation, and consumer protection disputes. With a methodical and client-focused approach, she advocates effectively in complex family and quasi-civil proceedings.
Alongside her courtroom practice, Sana provides strategic legal advice to individuals, SMEs, and educational institutions. She advises on contractual issues, corporate structuring, compliance, and intellectual property matters, ensuring that clients receive practical and legally sound solutions to real-world challenges.
Sana is particularly trusted by educational institutions for guidance on legal governance, regulatory requirements, and internal policy design. Her ability to bridge litigation and advisory roles makes her an integral member of Legum’s growing civil, family, and commercial practice groups.
Manesh Kumar
Associate
Manesh Kumar is an Associate at Legum and an Advocate enrolled with the Sindh Bar Council. He assists the Partners and senior Associates of the firm with legal drafting, research, case preparation, and appearances across a wide range of civil, commercial, and regulatory matters. Manesh regularly represents clients before the District Courts and Tribunals in Karachi.
In addition to his civil practice, Manesh also appears in criminal proceedings, as well as in service matters involving civil servants before the Sindh Services Tribunal and the Federal Services Tribunal. His litigation experience spans both contentious and advisory roles, enabling him to contribute meaningfully across multiple practice areas.
Manesh also advises corporate clients on matters of legal compliance, regulatory structuring, and transactional documentation, playing a key role in the firm’s growing corporate and advisory portfolio.
With an academic background in law, commerce, and English literature, Manesh brings a thoughtful, analytical perspective to his work—combining legal precision with strong research and communication skills.
Shahzain Khan
Trainee Associate
Shahzain Khan is a Trainee Associate at Legum and the newest member of our team. Having completed his LLB from the University of London, he is currently undergoing professional training with the aim of becoming enrolled as an Advocate with the Sindh Bar Council.
In his role, Shahzain provides comprehensive support to the firm’s Partners and Associates. He regularly accompanies them to court hearings before civil, criminal, family, and special tribunals across Karachi. His responsibilities include drafting legal documents, conducting legal research, preparing briefs, and taking detailed notes during client consultations and court proceedings.
Shahzain’s training encompasses both litigation and corporate matters, giving him a well-rounded foundation in legal practice. His dedication, attention to detail, and eagerness to learn make him a valuable addition to the firm.