Hafsa Ahmad

International Associate

Washington, DC

Hafsa is an international associate in the Washington, D.C. office. She has experience representing private corporations and state-owned companies in international commercial arbitrations, including under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.

Hafsa holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, she was President of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association and article editor at the Harvard Human Rights Journal.

Hafsa obtained her LL.B. from the University of London at the University College Lahore campus. She graduated at the top of her class and represented Pakistan in the 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Hafsa also received a B.A. from Middlebury College in International Politics and Economics, with a minor in Art History.

Prior to joining Three Crowns, Hafsa practiced in Pakistan, where she represented clients in LCIA, ICC and ad hoc arbitrations and specialized in energy sector disputes. She appeared before the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan in arbitration-adjacent litigation and constitutional matters. She was also a member of the Faculty of Law at University College Lahore.

Hafsa is admitted in Pakistan and speaks English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi.

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Pakistan

Not Practicing Law in the District of Columbia

Languages

English

Urdu

Punjabi

Hindi

  • Representing a major power plant in a Singapore-seated arbitration under ICC Rules arising out of a state agency’s imposition of penalties under a power purchase agreement.

  • Successfully representing an oil exploration company in an English-law governed LCIA arbitration arising out of termination of a farmout agreement.

  • Defending a group of four energy companies in claims brought by the state in ad hoc arbitration proceedings.

  • Securing an injunction to restrain encashment of a bank guarantee by a state-owned company.

  • Representing a group of three energy companies in proceedings for the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention in the Lahore High Court.

  • Representing an oil and gas company in anti-suit injunction proceedings in support of a London-seated arbitration agreement.

  • LL.M., Harvard Law School
  • LL.B. (Hons), University of London
  • B.A., Middlebury College
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