Mr Justice Jawad Hassan has been a Judge of the Lahore High Court since November 2016. Before his elevation, he practised law for over two decades in commercial, corporate, tax, energy, banking and arbitration matters.

Justice Hassan began his practice in 1993 with Senior Advocate S. M. Zafar. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Additional Advocate General Punjab, handling constitutional matters before the Supreme Court. Since joining the bench, he has been instrumental in establishing Pakistan’s first commercial courts and courts for overseas Pakistanis, and in setting up a training programme for commercial court judges with the Punjab Judicial Academy and the World Bank.

His expertise spans civil, commercial, constitutional and environmental law and international arbitration, including cases before the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. An author and lecturer, Justice Hassan has written, edited and compiled several books on law, published in international law journals and lectured widely in Pakistan and abroad. His academic qualifications include a BA from Forman Christian College, an MA and LLB from the University of the Punjab, and an LLM from Pace University School of Law, New York, USA.