Hasan Aziz Rana

Head of Legal Affairs at Askari

Hasan Aziz Rana is the current Head of Legal Affairs at Askari. Prior to this, they worked at Askari Bank for 25 years and 4 months, where they held various positions such as Head Corporate & Legal Affairs Division, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs Division, Vice President, Legal Affairs Division, Assistant Vice President, LegalAffairs Division, and Incharge Legal Cell. In their role at Askari Bank, Hasan was responsible for heading a team of 7 legal experts and providing advice on commercial & corporate affairs, developing advices on adherence aspects of the applicable legislation, examining of Bank’s upstream & downstream interests therein, carrying out of pre-contractual investigations, drawing of agreements & devising path ways and alternatives, advising on the adoption of competent legal remedies in strategizing legal actions, both for/against the Bank, rendering assistance to the Office of Company Secretary to the Bank’s Board of Directors, guiding the management so that bank operates within the defined parameters, drafting documents & render opinions on the legal viability of the underlying transactions & contracts, and generating awareness about the legal aspects in the obtaining of securities.

Before working at Askari Bank, Hasan was In-house counsel Legal Officer at ABL Allied Bank Limited for 8 years and 9 months. Hasan then worked as an Advocate at Ishaq Law Company (Advocates & Legal Consultants) for 1 year and 8 months.

Hasan Aziz Rana is a Pakistani lawyer who earned their LLM from Karachi University in 2008. Their undergraduate degree is from the University of the Punjab, where they studied law from 1981-1983.

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