Vice-President of the Pakistan Chapter of the International Law Association, is a practicing Supreme Court Advocate, a Partner of Abraham & Sarwana and a CEDR, UK accredited Commercial and Investor-State mediator.

Jawad has conducted civil, commercial, banking, labour and constitutional cases before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and the High Courts of Pakistan. He has acted as an amicus for the High Court of Sindh in labour law matters and on the interpretation of foreign jurisdiction clauses in rem.  Jawad has acted and is acting as an Expert on Pakistan law before the English Courts.  His arbitration practice includes successfully arguing the first cases in Pakistan involving the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitration. Two of such cases are cited in the New York Convention website http://www.newyorkconvention.org/court+decisions/decisions+per+country and another (third) case is cited / cross-referenced in one of the leading textbooks on International Arbitration, namely, “The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: A Global Commentary on New York Convention” edited by Herbert Kronke, Patricia Nacimeiento, Dirk Otto and Nicolar Christine Port, published by Kluwer Law International, (2010), at page 162. (http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/CommonUI/book-toc.aspx?book=TOC_Kronke_2010_V01).

Jawad’s mediation experience since 2007 till present covers mediating commercial and corporate disputes in Pakistan, including, inter alia, family-run business disputes, intellectual property disputes (trademarks), international trade (textile sector); financial facilities (credit lines involving small-medium enterprises) and shareholder disputes.

As one of the founding members of Pakistan Mediators Association PMA, Jawad has helped conduct mediation workshops and accreditation courses for well over 2,000 professionals in Pakistan and abroad (including Accountants, Architects, Bankers, Engineers, Health Professionals, Law Enforcement Officers, Judges, Lawyers, etc.) and has worked with the Provincial Governments of Sindh and Punjab; the Federal and Provincial Judicial Academies; the High Courts of Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the Bar Associations and Statutory Regulators, such as, the Ombudsman Office, the SECP and the Citizens Police Liaison Committees, on mediation awareness raising and capacity building projects.

Jawad has worked alongside CEDR on their global capacity building programs with the World Bank/IFC; the Aga Khan Foundation Global Project and the International Rescue Committee (“IRC”) having delivered mediation, conflict management and negotiation trainings around the world. As an International Trainer and Facilitator he has developed, designed and delivered ADR and Business Management Trainings, Seminars and Workshops for the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), Paris and Shanghai; the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China;  the IRC, USA; and the IBA-VIAC CDRC, Austria.

Jawad has co-authored academic publications, including chapters in Stories Global Mediators Tell, “It really happened in Frankfurt”, editors, Glen Parker and Lela Love, American Bar Association (2017); Mediation Practice | 8 Cultures, 16 Cases, 128 Creative Solutions; editor, Greg Bond, ICC Publication (2016); and “Making the First Offer: Pros and Cons” IBA Mediation Technique Handbook, editor, Patricia Barclay, Co-Chair, , published in the IBA’s E-Book, Mediation Techniques (2010).

Jawad co-founded the IBA-VIAC CDRC Mediation and Negotiation Competition, Vienna, Austria in 2015 and co-authored the mediation problem in its inaugural year transforming the VIS Arbitration Moot Problem into a mediation case including its confidentials. In 2018, his mediation role-play “Kohinoor” won the First Prize at the ICC International Mediation Competition, in Paris, France. He has judged several ICC International Mediation Competitions since 2013, including the Finals in 2018 and the Semi-Finals in 2019.