Incorporation, compliance and shareholder disputes
Company incorporation and SECP filings, partnership and shareholder disputes, director and management conflicts, commercial contracts and company petitions before the Lahore High Court.
Overview
Most corporate work for a Lahore business is unglamorous and consequential: getting the company incorporated correctly, keeping SECP filings current so directors are not penalised, and drafting the contracts and shareholder arrangements that prevent the dispute that arrives three years later. Fortis Legal Partners advises owner-managed companies, partnerships and family businesses on all of it, and litigates when the arrangement breaks down.
On the contentious side we act in partnership dissolution and accounts, shareholder oppression and mismanagement petitions, disputes over directorships and share transfers, recovery under commercial contracts, and winding-up proceedings before the Lahore High Court. Show-cause proceedings before the SECP are handled with an eye to the commercial outcome, not only the legal one.
We advise on the right vehicle, company, LLP or partnership, and draft the constitutional documents to fit how the owners actually work.
Filings on the SECP eServices portal, statutory registers and an annual compliance calendar.
Negotiation first where the business is worth saving; otherwise a petition or suit with interim protection for the assets and accounts.
A negotiated exit, a court-supervised buy-out or a decree, executed and recorded with the SECP.
Governing law: Companies Act, 2017
Company incorporation and statutory filings, show-cause proceedings before the SECP, shareholder and director disputes, and winding-up and company petitions before the High Court.
Governing law: Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Constitutional (writ) petitions under Article 199, civil and criminal appeals and revisions, bail before the High Court, and references from tax and customs tribunals. Both founding partners have been Advocates of the High Court since 2023.
The civil and sessions courts where most matters begin: civil suits before Civil Judges and Additional District Judges, and criminal trials before Magistrates and Sessions Judges. The firm was founded in the District Courts of Dera Ghazi Khan and still treats trial-court work as the core of the practice.
Governing law: Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001
Recovery suits by banks and financial institutions, leave to defend, execution against mortgaged property, and settlement negotiations for borrowers and guarantors.
With the name reserved and documents in order, incorporation through SECP eServices typically completes within a few working days. Bank account opening, NTN and provincial sales tax registration follow and take longer.
Ask this on WhatsAppA partner is entitled to accounts. A suit for rendition of accounts and dissolution can be filed in the civil court, with an injunction against dealing with partnership property. Where the business is a company, a petition under the Companies Act may be the right route instead.
Ask this on WhatsAppLate filing attracts additional fees and the company and its officers can be penalised after a show-cause notice. Persistent default can lead to the company being struck off. Defaults are usually curable if addressed promptly.
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Nothing on this page is legal advice and no representation is made as to the outcome of any matter.
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