Ms Asad is a Senior Associate at the Firm, specialising in both contentious and non-contentious matters. She actively operates from the Firm’s Islamabad and Karachi offices.

Ms Asad regularly appears before various courts and tribunals, representing clients in constitutional, civil, and corporate-commercial litigations. She has several reported judgments from different High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Additionally, she has extensive experience in handling ad-hoc domestic and international institutional arbitrations, including those under ICC.

Her client portfolio includes both publicly listed and privately held companies, as well as government clients, where she provides representation in some of the most significant legal matters.

Ms Asad is also engaged in corporate and commercial transactional work, advising clients on corporate governance, and drafting and vetting a wide range of agreements. Furthermore, she dedicates time to pro-bono work, with a particular focus on advocating for juveniles and women.

Notable cases handled by Ms Asad include:

• ‍Official’s Secrets Act - appeared in a unique high profile Officials’ Secrets Act trial wherein she successfully represented the former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Ms Asad actively appeared in the matter, ranging from the Jail trial, Islamabad High Court and Supreme Court. She was part of the core legal team who assisted in the acquittal of both the clients.
• Commercial Litigation- represented one of the largest international pharmaceutical companies in the importation of their medical devices into Pakistan. Through her expertise, she successfully had an interim injunction, which had restricted the company from exporting their goods, overturned before various legal forums. Her compelling arguments throughout the case demonstrated a deep understanding of complex legal areas, including but not limited to foreign arbitration, competition law, pharmaceutical regulations, and the Civil Procedure Code of Pakistan.
• Insurance Law-  Ms Asad regularly represents clients in insurance-related matters, a specialisation that has earned her recognition as a 'Key Lawyer' by The Legal 500. Among the many insurance cases she has handled, Ms Asad achieved a significant victory in a complex subrogation case, where she successfully persuaded the Court to direct the parties to arbitration. The case required an in-depth analysis of insurance law, the doctrine of subrogation, and arbitration law
• Harassment Law - successfully challenged a harassment complaint against one of the biggest telecom/ microfinance banks registered in Pakistan. Ms Asad appeared before the Federal Ombudsman for Protection Against Harassment and challenged the harassment complaint by a former employee against senior officials of the organisation.‍
• Companies Law - assisted senior partner Barrister Haris Azmat before the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a complex company’s law matter by way of which legal jurisprudence was developed, reported in the judgement PLD 2024 SC 830.

Ms Asad graduated with LLB (Hons) from the University of London in 2018, after which she went on to be called to the Bar in England & Wales (overseas; non-practicing) at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2019. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Bar Professional Training from City University of London.

Ms Asad is enrolled as an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. Ms Asad speaks both Urdu and English.