Amir Khan

Amir Zafar Khan is Counsel at Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial practice. He has approximately 17 years of legal experience, advising corporates, financial institutions, investors and private clients on corporate, commercial and regulatory matters, including corporate structuring, shareholder arrangements, governance and regulatory compliance. He advises on domestic and cross-border matters involving the UAE, the wider GCC, the United States and Pakistan.

His transactional work covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and strategic investments, including transaction structuring, legal due diligence, share and asset purchases, and the negotiation of acquisition and related transaction documents. He advises from preliminary negotiations through to completion and post-completion arrangements, with particular attention to risk allocation, shareholder protections, warranties and indemnities. His broader commercial practice includes drafting and negotiating services, supply and distribution agreements, and advising on contractual risk and corporate approvals.

Amir has particular experience in fintech and financial services regulation, including advising Sharia-compliant digital banks on fintech collaborations and Central Bank requirements, and in private wealth structuring through ADGM and DIFC foundations. He has also acted in regulatory proceedings concerning alleged financial fraud and anti-money laundering compliance and supports the firm’s disputes team on the enforcement of arbitral awards before the DIFC Courts.

He is admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York, is a Barrister-at-Law of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) and is enrolled as an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. He holds an LL.M. in Financial Regulation and Compliance from BPP University and an LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of Hull, completed the Bar Vocational Course at Northumbria University and is pursuing an Executive MBA at the University of Manchester. He speaks English, Urdu, Punjabi and Farsi/Dari.

Bars Academic Profile

• LL.M. (Financial Regulation and Compliance) – BPP University
• Bar Vocational Course – Northumbria University
• LL.B. (law with politics) – University of Hull

Bars

• Attorney at law, New York
• Barrister, England and Wales
• Advocate, Pakistan
• Practitioner, DIFC Courts and ADGM Courts

Languages

• English
• Dari (Farsi)
• Urdu
• Punjabi

Practice focus

• Mergers & Acquistions
• Corporate Advisory and Governance
• Commercial
• Compliance & Regulatory
• Fintech & Digital Assets
• Family Business & Private Wealth
• Real Estate
• Construction & Infrastructure