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Profiled by the prestigious CIO Magazine in July 2009 as one of the leading business technology and intellectual property lawyers in the world, Fraz Wahlah is the CEO of Fadvocat, and focuses his practice on all aspects of international trade, technology and intellectual property laws, including domestic and international trademark prosecution, trademark opinions and counseling, due diligence, patent and copyright laws. He has extensive experience in transactions involving technology licensing, including software licensing, integration and development agreements and confidentiality matters.
Fraz Wahlah has also served as the General Counsel for CureMD Corporation, the leading provider of innovative health information management and technology solutions in the U.S.A, where he developed and managed an extensive international trademark and patent portfolio, and intellectual property litigation, conducted intellectual property due diligence and reviewed advertising material to verify compliance with legal requirements. Fraz Wahlah is licensed by the Punjab Bar Council and works in Lahore, Pakistan and New York, United States of America.
With years of international experience in the software, health care informatics and technology industries, Fraz Wahlah is a recognized expert & regarded as an authority in the fields of international, technology, corporate, intellectual property, and Internet laws. He has advised public and private companies, established businesses and start-ups, local and foreign companies, developers and users of technology, and both old and new economy businesses.
During his tenure with Fadvocat, he has helped world’s leading corporations with the creation, structuring, negotiation and implementation of technology transactions and counseled on a broad spectrum of mandates from complex mergers and acquisitions of technology and other companies to routine e-commerce and internet law matters and technology contracts. As a former General Counsel, Fraz Wahlah also helps technology businesses project manage legal services in other areas.
Fraz Wahlah was called to the Bar in 2007, and holds an LLB and a BBA in addition to rigorous training and experience as a technology analyst before entering the law – having designed advanced decision support and information management systems for some of the largest advertising and healthcare enterprises in the world.
Recent Mandates
Recent matters Fraz has been retained on as lead counsel include:
- Purchase and sale of several technology businesses for one of America’s largest e-commerce companies
- Advise on nationwide implementation of healthcare information technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Multimillion dollars patent infringement lawsuits in the United States of America
- Long term supply and licensing agreement for payment processing systems
- Multimillion dollar cobranding transaction with one of the largest healthcare service providers in the US
- Sale of business and related outsourcing agreement for one of America’s largest technology businesses
- Collaboration agreement for healthcare IT consulting services
- VAR agreement for resale of technology healthcare IT products
- Settlement of multi million dollar patent lawsuits
- Software licensing terms negotiation with the federal government
- Advising on technology licensing and transfer strategies for an owner of a large IT business
Personal Background
Fraz Wahlah was born in Gojra, Pakistan, on October 03, 1981. Previously known as a human rights lawyer and activist, Fraz Wahlah is the central leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). His family has long been involved in local as well as national politics.
Fraz’s father, Mr. M.S. Wahlah Advocate, a renowned lawyer and politician, was the president of PPP during the martial law of General Zia ul Haq. He was a strong opponent of the military rule and therefore was imprisoned several times. Fraz himself was the youngest prisoner of democracy as he was arrested at the age of 6 for waving PPP flag during a curfew imposed by the military dictator after his father's arrest.
Fraz obtained his degree in business before going on to pursue a degree in law at the University of
the Punjab where he was known as the diamond of the law school. He has been the Chief Legal Officer for CureMD Corporation in the United States, Associate of celebrated former law minister, justice, senator and lawyer Dr. Khalid Ranjha and is the CEO of Fadvocat, an international technology law firm.
With years of international experience in the software, health care informatics and technology industries, Fraz Wahlah is a recognized expert & regarded as an authority in the fields of international, technology, healthcare IT, corporate, intellectual property, software and cyberlaw.
Political Career
Fraz Wahlah became a worker of the PPP in his early youth, as he approved the dogma of the late president and premier of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He has been involved with active local politics during university days and gained fame for his speeches against the military rule of Pervaiz Musharraf.
He served as the president of Peoples Student Federation (PSF) and Pakistan Peoples Party Human Rights at various levels before getting appointed as the provincial president of PPP youth Punjab by the then Chairperson Benazir Bhutto in 2006.
In August 2007, Fraz was asked to run for Punjab Assembly on party's ticket in 2008 national elections, making him the youngest candidate nominated for the party ticket. However, he did not choose to contest because of his active participation in the movement for the restoration of judiciary, and later the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
After Benazir Bhutto's Assassination
Fraz Wahlah sidelined himself from the mainstream politics after Benazir Bhutto's assassination in protest against the current leadership of the party for failing to launch a probe into the killing of the former Prime Minister.
Recognition
Fraz Wahlah has been profiled and interviewed as one of the leading international lawyers in the technology and corporate world by the prestigious CIO Magazine. Fraz Wahlah also has the honor of representing Pakistan in the 2010 Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
