Muhammad Akram Sawleh
Founding Partner · Advocate, Supreme Court
"The law is only useful when it's applied with the same rigor a bank applies to risk."
Muhammad Akram Sawleh has spent thirty-four years in banking and corporate law, beginning at the State Bank of Pakistan and continuing through senior legal roles at Union Bank, Standard Chartered, Habib Bank Limited and Bank Alfalah. That path gave him something most external counsel never acquire: a working knowledge of how regulators supervise, how credit committees decide, and how disputes actually unfold once a bank is on the other side.
He advises on banking regulation, corporate governance, intellectual property and complex commercial disputes, and appears before the superior courts. Several of his matters have been reported in the Corporate Law Digest.
Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan — enrolled 9 February 2023
Advocate, High Courts — enrolled 28 June 1999
Life Member, Supreme Court Bar Association
LLB, University Law College, Punjab University, Lahore
Organizational Competence Award, State Bank of Pakistan — granted twice
Specialist practice: banking regulation, corporate governance & intellectual property