LL.M. London School of Economics and Political Science – 1999

LL.B. (Honours) London School of Economics and Political Science – 1998

Advocate, High Courts of Pakistan

Raza is one of the founding partners of Lexium, and the head of the firm’s banking and finance and aviation practices. He has consistently been ranked as a leading lawyer of Pakistan by the Chambers and Partners legal directory.

His core areas of expertise are project and asset finance, capital facilities, restructuring of loans, syndicated lending, as well as general commercial banking. He has experience in representing both international and local lenders as well as borrowers.

Raza also has wide ranging expertise in the aviation sector. He is highly experienced in drafting and negotiating aircraft purchase agreements, aircraft leasing agreements and aircraft financing documents.

Raza’s extensive professional experience also encompasses privatizations, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, employment and intellectual property laws.

Outside law, Raza has appeared as a legal analyst and commentator on several leading television channels in Pakistan, and has also written for leading national newspapers on various aspects of public international law and international diplomacy. He has lectured on public international law, business law and contract law at leading academic institutions in Pakistan as well as the Punjab Judicial Academy.