Fahrid Chishty
Call
Call
2019
Expertise
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Caribbean and the Americas
Sanctions
Corporate Crime
Fahrid is a barrister specialising in white-collar, commercial and international disputes.
He acts for individuals, corporates and state-linked entities in complex and cross-border proceedings, including civil fraud, asset recovery, sanctions, financial crime and commercial disputes.
Based between London and Doha, he has represented some of the leading private individuals, firms and family offices across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and is well placed to advise on contentious matters in the common law jurisdictions in Qatar, the UAE and England and Wales.
More widely, he has experience of Public International Law (PIL), International Criminal Law (ICL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Diplomatic Law. He is Standing Junior Counsel to a Diplomatic Mission to the Court of St. James, regularly advising on the application and interpretation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 and related foreign relations treaties and instruments. He was also a Pegasus Scholar at the Supreme Court of Pakistan, where he is tasked with designing and delivering a programme of criminal justice reform.
Fahrid is a member of the Bar Council International committee and Middle East subcommittee which oversees the professions external relationships and engagements
Other Language(s)
Urdu - Fluent
Punjabi - Fluent
Other Language(s)
Urdu - Fluent
Punjabi - Fluent
Fahrid Chishty : Experience & Expertise
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Re AA Group
Advised a Qatari conglomerate on de-franchising a private security company from its global parent company, and associated matters including disaffiliation, restructuring and novation of contracts.
Re NBA
Advised a Qatari investor in relation to secured convertible promissory note offerings at seed-stage financing.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate in relation to a contractual dispute with an India-based software services provider.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate on the operation of Force Majeure clauses in cross-border B2B contracts amidst the 2026 Iran Conflict.
Project A
Advising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Qatar on elements of public and private international law, including treaty interpretation and application.
Re RH
Advised a Qatari conglomerate on investment strategy and the expansion of its commercial operations in the UK.
Re LG
Advised a South African entity on liabilities arising out of breaches of an investment agreement.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate on an agreement for distribution rights to AI-driven humanoid technologies in the GCC with a Hungary-based robotics firm.
Re FP
Advising a UK-US philanthropist on asset recovery strategy in the UK and the GCC region linked to the embezzlement of monies from a family fund.
White Collar, Crime & Investigations
Sanctions
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Re DO
Acted for the ex-Governor of Sevastopol in occupied Ukraine in connection with allegations relating to breaches of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in pre-trial proceedings.
Re H&G
Advised a luxury services consultancy firm in relation to a dispute with a major credit card network over its sale of Cuban-origin products and liabilities in the light of its Global Network Rules and OFAC Sanctions.
Re DG
Acting for a Ukrainian financier in connection with an OFSI sanctions designation challenge.
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Re TJ
Acted for a British investment broker in connection with an SFO investigation into a cross-border tax fraud (Cum-Ex) worth £1.6m.
Re LA & BR
Advising two administrative professionals on liabilities arising out of allegations of embezzlement of a foreign government’s defence funds in England and California.
Operation Diazoma
Represented an accounting professional in Civil Recovery (Part V POCA) proceedings brough by the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU) concerning the receipt of criminal funds connected to frauds committed against a GCC diplomatic mission in London.
R v PT
Acted for a French CEO charged with a Bribery Act 2010 offence relating to allegations of soliciting payments from an English mining corporation operating in the Madagascan gem trade.
Operation Grapevine–
Represented a Defendant at trial charged with conspiracy to launder monies in connection with a Ponzi Scheme valued at £13.7 million and dissipation of funds in the UAE.
Fahrid Chishty : Experience & Expertise
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Re AA Group
Advised a Qatari conglomerate on de-franchising a private security company from its global parent company, and associated matters including disaffiliation, restructuring and novation of contracts.
Re RH
Advised a Qatari conglomerate on investment strategy and the expansion of its commercial operations in the UK.
Re NBA
Advised a Qatari investor in relation to secured convertible promissory note offerings at seed-stage financing.
Re LG
Advised a South African entity on liabilities arising out of breaches of an investment agreement.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate in relation to a contractual dispute with an India-based software services provider.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate on an agreement for distribution rights to AI-driven humanoid technologies in the GCC with a Hungary-based robotics firm.
Re AA Group
Advising a Qatari conglomerate on the operation of Force Majeure clauses in cross-border B2B contracts amidst the 2026 Iran Conflict.
Re FP
Advising a UK-US philanthropist on asset recovery strategy in the UK and the GCC region linked to the embezzlement of monies from a family fund.
Project A
Advising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Qatar on elements of public and private international law, including treaty interpretation and application.
White Collar, Crime & Investigations
Sanctions
View Cases
Re DO
Acted for the ex-Governor of Sevastopol in occupied Ukraine in connection with allegations relating to breaches of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in pre-trial proceedings.
Re DG
Acting for a Ukrainian financier in connection with an OFSI sanctions designation challenge.
Re H&G
Advised a luxury services consultancy firm in relation to a dispute with a major credit card network over its sale of Cuban-origin products and liabilities in the light of its Global Network Rules and OFAC Sanctions.
View Cases
Re TJ
Acted for a British investment broker in connection with an SFO investigation into a cross-border tax fraud (Cum-Ex) worth £1.6m.
R v PT
Acted for a French CEO charged with a Bribery Act 2010 offence relating to allegations of soliciting payments from an English mining corporation operating in the Madagascan gem trade.
Re LA & BR
Advising two administrative professionals on liabilities arising out of allegations of embezzlement of a foreign government’s defence funds in England and California.
Operation Grapevine–
Represented a Defendant at trial charged with conspiracy to launder monies in connection with a Ponzi Scheme valued at £13.7 million and dissipation of funds in the UAE.
Operation Diazoma
Represented an accounting professional in Civil Recovery (Part V POCA) proceedings brough by the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU) concerning the receipt of criminal funds connected to frauds committed against a GCC diplomatic mission in London.
Articles from This Barrister
Articles from This Barrister
The QICDRC: The Emerging Centre for Islamic Finance Disputes
The QICDRC: The Emerging Centre for Islamic Finance Disputes
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The Gulf Doesn’t Need Another Common Law Court. The Indian Ocean Does.
The Gulf Doesn’t Need Another Common Law Court. The Indian Ocean Does.
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