Residential & Commercial Real Estate

Residential & Commercial Real Estate

Mandviwalla & Zafar acts across the full real-estate life-cycle — acquisition, development, leasing, joint ventures and financing, through to the final exit. Our clients include leading institutional investors, banks and privately and publicly owned developers, and we have particular expertise advising on five-star hotels and high-end high-rise residential and commercial developments.

We also advise on construction — the contractual framework for project financing and the relationships between employers, designers, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers. Real estate in Pakistan is heavily litigated, and the firm is equally at home pursuing and defending property rights before the civil courts, the High Courts and the Supreme Court, including disputes over major developments, land acquisition and encroachment.

Representative matters

  • Royal Palm Golf & Country Club — acted for the operator, Mainland Husnain Pakistan Limited, in Supreme Court proceedings against Pakistan Railways.
  • The Centaurus, Islamabad — litigation before the Islamabad High Court.
  • Gawadar Builder & Associates — land litigation before the Supreme Court concerning land in Gwadar.
  • Mall Development (Pvt) Ltd — review proceedings before the Supreme Court.
  • Bahria Town (Pvt) Ltd — real-estate, development and land matters.