Syed Muaz Shah brings nearly 25 years of mediation practice spanning the United States, UAE, and Pakistan. A registered attorney with the Sindh Bar Council, he practices both criminal and civil litigation. Since 2014 he has helped shape Pakistan’s ADR landscape—contributing to the ADR Act 2017, the Sindh Code of Civil Procedure Amendment (2018), and serving on the Law & Justice Commission committee for the Arbitration Act 2024 reform under Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.

As a founding faculty member at Ziauddin University’s Faculty of Law, Politics, and Governance (2019), he designed and launched the country’s first mandatory 48-hour courses in Mediation and Arbitration for LLB students. He has led ADR training programs at TMUC, SZABIST, and other institutions, and his background in Islamic law and human rights informs his culturally sensitive approach to family, commercial, and international dispute resolution.

Mr. Shah is a recognized ADR advocate—training judges at the Sindh Judicial Academy, religious scholars at Dar-ul-Uloom, and lawyers through the Sindh High Court Bar Association. He has supported SAARC Arbitration Council initiatives, co-founded Pakistan International Disputes Week, and serves on panels with CIICA (Lahore), ICADRP (Islamabad), and as Pakistan’s representative for EDAC (Istanbul). Currently he advises the OIC-affiliated Islamic Chamber of Commerce & Development, leads ADR outreach in the Muslim business community, and sits on the FPCCI Standing Committee on ADR through 2025.