Mohammad Fazil Bharucha

Mohammad Fazil Bharucha is the Managing Partner of Bharucha & Co., one of the oldest law firms in Pakistan. He also serves as a board member and/or legal advisor for a handful of not-for-profit organizations on a pro bono basis, both locally and internationally.

He advises clients on various fields of law on both contentious and non-contentious matters and also handles litigation. His professional career spans over three decades, assisting both domestic and international clients, coordinating teams of lawyers to deliver professional advice and reliable assistance that the client is looking for with the ideology of making specialists in the respective fields.

He is professionally active in various professional forums both locally and internationally as well as contributing to various legal publications. He is often quoted in legal commentaries and business media. He has served as the President of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), Pakistan Group from 2010 to 2012 and has been the Delegate of Independent Members of Pakistan and Kazakhstan of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) from 2011 to 2015. He is currently Jurisdictional Council Member of Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) from Pakistan since 2023 and sits on the Board of Global Intellectual Property Alliance (GLIPA) as a Co-Chair for Asia. He is also a member of Communications Committee of APAA since 2023. He is an active member of the International Trade Mark Association’s (INTA) and has served in different committees such as Unfair Competition, Famous & Well-known Marks, Non-Traditional Marks, Geographical Indications and Parallel Imports and is currently a member of Trade Secrets Committee. He is also serving as a Legal Resource from Pakistan for INTA’s “International Oppositions Practice Guide”. He also contributes to awareness of IP in Pakistan not only to the general public but also in educational institutions and judiciary.

He heads the firm which serves across agriculture, pharmaceutical, life sciences, technology, textile, automobiles, financial, food and beverages, services and various other sectors and is recognized as a leading IP expert in Pakistan by various rating entities such as Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), etc. for the last several years; Chambers & Partners finds him to be “professional at all times” and “very commercial in the way he deals with things”.