Our service includes advice on the registration and protection and assignments (sometimes as part of a corporate takeover or restructuring) of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and registered designs. We also conduct litigation concerning any disputes which may arise, including questions of ownership, validity and infringement. Foreign clients strongly rely upon its IP departments and the firm is ranked very high amongst the IP law firms in Pakistan and providing services for Afghanistan. There are most important departments, through which GT&PS provide services for complete range of IP matters i.e. Trade Marks, Copyrights, Patents and Designs.
The services provided in Trade Marks include providing counseling and support in trade mark, unfair competition and related matters, search and watch service, filing and prosecution of applications, representation before the Trade Mark and opposition, post registration maintenance, assignment, licensing, franchising, infringement and passing off actions and defending court cases.
GT&PS is among very few law firms in Pakistan having experience of managing entire portfolio of trademarks of its clients. Portfolio management is the most flexible of the services we offer. Our extensive experience in this area enables us to provide both full protection and comprehensive management of individual or multiple marks on a national or global scale.
The services in Patents and Designs Section include providing counseling, technical support in diverse areas relating to patent and Design matters, drafting, filing and prosecuting patent and design applications before the Patent Offices, search and watch services, oppositions, post registration maintenances, assignments, licensing and infringement actions. Specialists managing our Patents & Designs Section provide best advice, while keeping in view scientific developments worldwide as well as local laws and practice.
Our banking and finance practice can be segregated into two areas of legal practice, regulatory and transactional. We regularly advise local and foreign banks on secured and unsecured financial transactions, including local and cross border syndications, multi-currency facilities and financial products and bond issues. We also represent clients in all forms of project finance and structured finance.
A major area of GT&PS is practice is corporate as well as litigation. Our clients include companies in most market sectors, with particular representation in manufacturing concerns, infrastructure projects, property, construction and engineering. The range of work includes advising on all aspects of corporate and commercial matters, including contracts, company laws and taxation.
In addition to routine advice on the formation and conduct of companies, joint ventures and partnerships, the firm is engaged in major transactional work. This includes the purchase, sale and financing of companies and businesses and development capital projects well as corporate re-organizations.
Advice is provided on commercial agreements such as agency, distribution, franchising, licensing, manufacturing and equipment leasing and on trading and consumer law.
Our corporate clients include companies in most market sectors, with particular representation in banking, insurance, property, industrial, engineering and manufacturing concerns and pharmaceutical industry.
The range of work includes advising on the legal aspects of domestic mergers acquisitions and takeovers, as well as the of equity capital and debt finance. It also covers the ever increasing range of capital markets products, the securitization of mortgage portfolios, Stock Exchange floatation, and all types of primary and secondary issues of securities including issuance debt instruments like Term Finance Certificates.
We also have wide experience in rendering advise and preparing documentation for syndicated loan agreements and complex financial transactions
We are providing the services relating to packaging law which is concerned to the food, drug and the other commodities which are related to perishable and in perishable product with due care and under the umbrella of the concerned law as enunciated in the law.
The law as per promulgated in the State and the laws given by the State we are under the obligation of the law in which we have to advertise within the limits of the as above mentioned law which could not be against the State but it should be relating to the bonafide intentions which could not curtail or infringe the right of the other firms. Thus, we are very conscious about the press law and very much meticulous in sufficing our product in the market in accordance with the law. We also have to concern and very much obvious of the facts that the in camera meetings should not be given to the public for the purpose not to un-rest the whole ambiance of the society at large.
We render opinions on a regular basis to all major associations like All Pakistan Textile Mills Association and All Pakistan Carpets Manufacturing Association etc and give advise on sales tax, customs duties, excise tax and other taxation matters to many companies in Pakistan.
Our team deals with contracts for the sale and purchase of oil and refined products, chemicals, metals and agricultural products. We advise on futures, options and swap arrangements and handle all aspects of trade finance, including documentary credits, guarantees, complex pre-export and finance arrangements.
We deal with litigation involving banking/finance issues, capital market matters, construction disputes, corporate matters, tax related issues and constitutional matters. In this connection we represent and act for clients before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, all High Courts, all District Courts, all Civil Courts, all Banking Tribunals, Customs, Sales Tax and Excise Tribunals, Departmental Authorities, all Labour Courts, NIRC, Commissioners of the SECP and many other authorities set up under the law.
We advise on responsibilities arising from the Environmental regulations. GT&PS is one of the few firms in Pakistan to initiate public interest litigation on its own. Our attorneys have formal technical training in the area of Environmental Science. Our services low-income communities around the world, helping citizens, strengthen and enforce laws to protect themselves and their communities from toxic pollution and environmental degradation.
We act in the establishment of insurance and related businesses including obtaining any necessary authorizations or registrations also advising in respect of insurance claims.
We also advise the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and other mobile phone companies on matters pertaining to telecommunication laws and regulations and issues and disputes arising out of I.T. Laws and Cyber Crimes.
GT&PS is one of the few firms in Pakistan to possess strong resources for advising on the conception of financial transaction structuring with strong experience in agreements drafting and negotiation on joint ventures and project financing.