The Banking Attorneys at Cepal & Co. represents a wide variety of clients and provide results driven commercial advice banks across the Pakistan and in relation to every aspect of their business. Our bank clients are core to our business. Our national platform, with offices in the major financial cities in Pakistan, allows us to advice across a broad spectrum of legal systems to the banking sector. We provide our clients sophisticated advice through a combination of experience, an in-depth understanding of the properties and a market-leading ability to navigate differences in local law that can have significant impacts on financing transactions.

Regulatory reform continues to consume huge amounts of resource and management time as banks get to grips with the detail of how best to comply with new and toughened regulations faced by the sector. The pressure from regulators and supervisors remains intense. As conduct-based regulations evolve, fines and penalties, along with related legal and litigation expenses, will remain a cost of doing business. Managing these costs and implementing mechanisms to prevent the reoccurrence of problems will continue to be a major focus for banks.

We have a pre-eminent reputation for advising a significant number of banks on complex strategic disposals or acquisitions. We have built strong relationships with key regulators and can mobilize unrivalled resources in order to deliver the full range of the firm’s knowledge and experience to help client’s complete successful transactions and also play a significant role in working with regulatory bodies to shape current and proposed frameworks.