Anusha's Resume

Anusha

Senior Legal Counsel

Female

Live in United Arab Emirates

Nationality United Arab Emirates

Summary

I am a dual-qualified lawyer, admitted as a solicitor in the Senior Courts of England and Wales and a High Court Advocate in Pakistan, with extensive experience since 2017. My legal foundation is strengthened by an LLM in Business Law from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, where I developed expertise in European competition law, corporate law, and international contracts. Professionally, I thrive at the intersection of fintech, corporate law and regulatory compliance. Over the years, I have advised leading multinational corporations, fintech innovators, and global startups, navigating them through complex cross-border transactions, acquisitions, and regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions. Currently serving as Senior Legal Counsel at SadaPay & Company Secretary at SadaPay UK Limited, I focus on driving strategic legal solutions, ensuring compliance with the regulatory framework within Pakistan and across multiple jurisdictions, structuring products as per applicable laws and have facilitated the acquisition of SadaPay by Papara, a Turkish fintech giant.

Work experience

Senior Legal Counsel
Tabby
2025.04-Current
(a year)
Senior Legal Counsel & Company Secretary
SadaPay
2023.04-2025.06
(2 years)
Associate
Orr, Dignam & Co.
2021.10-2023.07
(2 years)
Deputy Manager Legal
Lucky Cement Limited
2020.11-2021.10
(a year)
Virtual Learning Experience
White & Case LLP
2020.04-2020.04
Gained valuable insight in Project Finance, M&A and IP Law
Legal Associate
Ijaz Ahmed & Associates
2017.09-2019.09
(2 years)
Scope of Work: Legal Advisor to Middle East Venture Partners Expertise on an investment of $2 million in Bykea, a Pakistani on-demand transport, logistics and payments startup, adding to a total of secured $5.7 million in the largest Series A investment in a tech startup in Pakistan Detailed opinions rendered to notable foreign banks such as Credit Suisse on matters regarding foreign exchange and repurchase transactions Ground work on launch of IBA Dispute Resolution Forum inspired by the Harvard Negotiation Project Legal advisor to notable tech startups, including Wukla, Paksign, Tez Financial Services and San Francisco based startup KeepTruckin Facilitating insolvency and restructuring (Easy Exit) of companies Legal drafting and vetting of corporate and commercial documents, security documents and project documents Legal analysis and Legal research Conducting due diligence on local and foreign companies to facilitate M&A and restructurings Show less
Intern
International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
2017.08-2017.09
(2 months)
Intern on the Health Endangerment Project by the ICRC which aimed to introduce a law in Pakistan to make way for ambulances a legal requirement. Scope of work included, legal research, legal drafting, policy making and liaising with various public bodies and correspondence with the International Committee of Red Cross on a regular basis Amendments to Section 82-A of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965 proposed by the International Committee of Red Cross team, were approved by the Sindh Cabinet introducing a ‘duty to make way for emergency vehicles' in Pakistan. Show less
Intern
Ali & Associates
2016.08-2016.09
(2 months)
Brief insight into local trademark law with focus on legal drafting, research and classification of goods
Volunteer
Adopt an Orphanage
2012.08-2014.07
(2 years)
Volunteer at Adopt an Orphanage, a non-profit entity based in Pakistan aimed at educating and reforming lives of orphans. Role included:

Educational experience

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
LLM, Business Law
Intitute for Stratigic Conflict Resolution
Certified Mediator, Dispute Resolution
University of London
LLB (Hons), Law, 2.1