Full-service counsel, from the boardroom to the courtroom.
KBL & Associates advises businesses, investors, families and public-sector clients across banking, energy, tax, capital markets, disputes, real estate and child adoption — with the same attention to detail whether the matter is contentious or purely advisory. A large part of the firm’s work is run for clients who live outside Pakistan and never set foot in a Lahore courtroom.
Trusted by banks, regulators and businesses across Pakistan
Rated 5.0 by clients on Google.
5.0 out of 5 from 6 Google reviews. Published unedited from the firm’s Google Business Profile.
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Thirteen practice areas, one point of contact.
KBL & Associates is built to move between contentious and non-contentious work without losing continuity — the same firm that negotiates your financing can defend it if a dispute follows.
A Pakistan file, run without the flight.
Overseas Pakistanis and international clients make up a large share of the firm’s work. Most of it runs on a power of attorney signed where you live, with hearings attended in Pakistan by the firm and updates by WhatsApp on your time zone rather than ours. Overseas Pakistanis desk →
Property occupied or sold behind your back
Relatives who will not leave, qabza groups, tenants in default and transfers on forged papers — through Punjab’s special courts for overseas Pakistanis, the Illegal Dispossession Act and civil suits.
Property disputes →Inheritance and succession
NADRA succession certificates with biometric verification from abroad, inheritance mutation, and court action when a share is withheld.
Inheritance →Child adoption
Court guardianship of a child in Pakistan under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. Pakistan has no Western-style adoption statute — we explain that before a retainer, not after.
The 2026 guide →Power of attorney from abroad
NADRA online, Pakistani mission or local apostille — which one works from your country, drafted narrowly so it cannot be misused.
Power of attorney →Divorce, khula & custody
Talaq notice, khula, maintenance and custody in Pakistan for spouses and parents living abroad, with an honest note on recognition where you live.
Family matters →Company, SECP & regulatory
Incorporation, foreign shareholding, SECP and FBR compliance, and the licensing behind fintech, NBFC and virtual-asset ventures with a Pakistan footprint.
Corporate practice →Introduction to KBL & Associates
KBL & Associates is a Lahore-based law firm advising domestic and international clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters — a combination the firm treats as a discipline, not a coincidence of who happened to join.
The firm was co-founded by Khalil Ahmad Bhullah and Naseer Ahmad Bhullah to give clients one point of contact across financing, projects, corporate structuring, tax, legislation, disputes, capital raising and real estate — instead of splitting a single transaction across several unconnected advisers.
What sets the firm apart.
Contentious and non-contentious, equally
The same firm structures a transaction and, if it turns into a dispute, argues it — a combination that is genuinely rare in the Pakistani legal market.
Thirteen practice areas, one firm
From banking and capital markets to fintech, guardianship, and everything between — covered under a single engagement rather than a chain of referrals.
Modern practice, current tools
The firm keeps its process and its staff current with how legal work is actually done today, rather than running on habit.
What happens after you get in touch.
Most new matters follow the same four steps, regardless of which of the thirteen practice areas they touch — the structure stays consistent even when the subject matter doesn’t.
Initial scoping call
A short conversation to understand the matter, the timeline, and which regulator or statute is actually in play before anything is quoted.
Team assigned across practices
If a matter spans more than one area — a financing with a tax angle, a dispute with a regulatory component — the relevant lawyers are looped in from the start, not brought in later.
Engagement letter & fee estimate
Scope and cost are set out in writing before work begins, so there is a clear reference point for what’s covered and what would fall outside it.
One point of contact throughout
A single lawyer stays accountable for the matter end to end, even when other members of the firm are doing some of the work behind it.
Who you are actually instructing.
Corporate files, court work and guardianship petitions are all run from Lahore by the same bench. These are the people behind the matter.
Khalil Ahmad Bhullah
Founding PartnerCorporate, regulatory and the structure of the firm. First point of contact for families instructing from abroad.
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Naseer Ahmad Bhullah
Co-FounderDisputes and court work. Secretary, Lahore Bar Association (2025–2026).
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Shahid Maqsood Bhullah
AdvocateMember, Punjab Bar Council. Former Senior Vice President, Lahore Bar Association.
View profile →The rest of the bench
Advocates, Lahore High CourtAnum Khan, Saad Shah, Maryam Siddique Jattal, Aqib Meer, Jannat and Ahsan Rasheed.
Meet the team →Built around the regulators, not just the statutes.
A corporate matter in Pakistan rarely stays inside one statute. Incorporating a company means dealing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP); a financing structure usually brings in the State Bank of Pakistan; a virtual-asset engagement now sits with the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA); an energy project answers to NEPRA or OGRA depending on the sector; and almost everything eventually touches the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) at the tax stage. The firm’s thirteen practice areas exist because clients’ matters cross these lines routinely — the practical response is a firm that already knows which regulator to call, not one that has to look it up.
“What makes the firm distinctive is equal fluency in contentious and non-contentious work — and staying current with how the legal market in Pakistan is actually changing.”
What the firm has been writing about.
Child adoption from Pakistan — 2026 guide for families abroad
What a Family Court can grant, what it cannot, and how a case is run if you live in the UK, the Gulf, North America or Europe.
Arbitration reform in Pakistan
The 1940 Act still governs domestic arbitration. What shifts once the pending UNCITRAL-based reform is enacted.
Cost to register a company in Pakistan
Government fees, lawyer fees, tax registration, and what actually drives the total up or down.
Common questions about the firm.
KBL & Associates is a full-service law firm in Lahore, Pakistan, with thirteen practice areas covering corporate and commercial, banking and finance, capital markets, tax, dispute resolution, real estate, projects and energy, legislative drafting, fintech, NBFC, NPO and NGO formation, virtual assets, and child guardianship and adoption. The firm handles both contentious and non-contentious work.
Yes. A large share of the firm's work is instructed from the United Kingdom, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Canada and Europe. Most of it runs on an attested power of attorney, so the client does not need to attend hearings or offices in Pakistan in person.
KBL & Associates has two offices in Lahore: 325-E, Johar Town, Lahore 54782, and Tufail Building, 2nd Floor, High Court, Lahore 05404. Office hours are Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM PKT (UTC+5).
Contact the firm by WhatsApp or phone on +92 300 8143008, by email at hello@bhullahlaw.com, or through the contact form. A short scoping call follows, then a written engagement letter and fee estimate before work begins.