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We are incredibly proud to share that Pioneer Law Associates has been honored with the🏆Pro Bono: Outstanding Firm award at the Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Awards 2025! Heartfelt gratitude to our valued clients and our dedicated colleagues for their continued trust and support.

Pioneer Law Associates acted as Nepal counsel to IFC, American Life Insurance Company’s Nepal branch (MetLife), and BII in connection with their subscription to USD 60 million in green bonds to be issued by NMB Bank Limited, Nepal. This transaction marks a significant milestone as the first green bond issuance to be made by an institution in Nepal through private placement and the first instance of foreign investor participation in Nepalese bond issuances.

Pioneer Law Associates team was led by Managing Partner Anup Raj Upreti, with support from Associates Dipti Sapkota and Sujan Shrestha.

Pioneer Law Associates is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) to collaborate on a research initiative focused on Green Taxonomy and Carbon Credit Frameworks in the context of Nepal’s hydropower sector.
This partnership represents another strategic step for PLA in advancing sustainable finance and supporting the development of robust policy architecture for climate-aligned investments. The study aims to foster regulatory clarity and facilitate access to green capital for Nepal’s renewable energy industry.

Pioneer Law Associates announces a workshop on Employment Law: Evolving Issues and the Intersection with Other Laws. The workshop is scheduled on 24th January 2025, Friday at the Hotel Barahi, Kathmandu .
This workshop will cover the following topics:
Evolving Issues:
1. Employer of Record Arrangements
2. Hosting Practices
3. Post Termination Restrictive Covenants:
a) Anti-Poaching Clauses (Non-compete & non-solicitation)
b) Confidentiality and non-disclosure
Intersection with Other Laws:
1. Taxation
2. Data Privacy
3. Contract Laws

We are thrilled to announce that our firm has been ranked as Band 1 Law firm and two of our lawyers have been individually ranked in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 Guide . Mr. Anup Raj Upreti -Managing Partner has been Ranked as Band 1 Lawyer ( Corporate / Commercial) and Ms. Lajula Maharjan – Principal Associate has been recognized as Associate to Watch .

We are thrilled to announce that our firm has been ranked as Band 1 Law firm and two of our lawyers have been individually ranked in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 Guide . Mr. Anup Raj Upreti -Managing Partner has been Ranked as Band 1 Lawyer and Ms. Lajula Maharjan – Principal Associate has been Ranked as Associate to Watch .

Link for the article :

https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/kathmandu-school-of-law-wins-4th-bru-memorial-foundation-moot-court-competition/

The Bharat Raj Upreti Memorial Foundation (the “BRU Foundation”) was founded in the loving memory of late Hon’ble Justice Mr. Bharat Raj Upreti founding member of Pioneer Law Associates; former Senior Advocate and former Justice of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Nepal. The BRU Foundation aims to further the vision of the late Hon’ble Justice Mr. Bharat Raj Upreti by playing an instrumental role in the fields of – (1) legal profession, (2) access to quality legal education, and (3) independence of Nepalese judiciary through research, publication, capacity building, policy dialogue and reform intervention.

In furtherance of this vision, the BRU Foundation in partnership with Pioneer Law Associates has been organizing the BRU National Moot Court Competition in commercial arbitration. We are delighted to announce that we are now organizing the Fourth Bharat Raj Upreti (BRU) Moot Court Competition (Arbitration) and Conference, 2023, from the 7th to 8th of July 2023.

The Moot will see participation from 10 Nepalese Law Schools. The competitors will be judged by panels of accomplished arbitration professionals. The conference is set to bring leading professionals and law students together for an invigorating discussion with inputs from senior members of the judiciary.

Pioneer Law Associates conducted a workshop on Road to IPO : From Conversion to Listing in collaboration with NIBL ACE Capital Limited and The Association of Chartered Accountants of Nepal Chitwan Chapter on 10th May 2023 at Chitwan .

Pioneer Law Associates and NIBL Ace Capital Ltd collaboratively conducted a workshop on “Road to IPO to make corporate house aware of IPO process in terms of legal and financial perspective”. The workshop was conducted on September 18, 2022, Sunday at Aloft Kathmandu, Thamel. Mr. Anup Raj Upreti Managing Partner of Pioneer Law Associates and Mr. Sachindra Dhungana Deputy General Manager of NIBL Ace Capital Limited were the presenters of the session.

The workshop covered vivid issues regarding IPO focusing on legal aspects, corporate governance, capital structuring IPO pricing, size timeline and methods.

Number of participants from various corporate houses, got the insights on various aspects of IPO.

The BRU Foundation in partnership with Pioneer Law Associates organized the 3rd Bharat Raj Upreti Memorial Foundation Moot Court Competition (Arbitration) and Conference, 2022 from 12th to 13th August 2022. The venue partner for the 1st day of the moot court was National Law College, Lalitpur (NaLC). The moot court saw participation from 6 law schools from across Nepal with teams participating in the preliminary, semi-final and final rounds. The 6 teams were from Bright Vision Law College, Biratnagar (BVLC); Kathmandu School of Law, Bhaktapur (KSL); Kathmandu University School of Law, Dulikhel (KUSL), National Law College, Lalitpur (NaLC); Nepal Law Campus, Kathmandu (NLC); and Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara (PNC). The teams from BVLC, KSL, KUSL, and PNC made it to the semi-final rounds. And the teams from KSL and KUSL competed in the final rounds, with the team from KUSL winning the final rounds. The best speaker award was given to Ms. Anjali Sharma Neupane from KUSL and the best memorial award was given to the team from KSL.

The moot problem was about issues relating to arbitration arising out of a construction contract (FIDIC contract) in the background a global pandemic.

The preliminary rounds were judged by Mr. Himesh Kharel, Mr. Shardul Thapa and Mr. Ashankan Malla. The semi-final rounds were judged by Mr. Semanta Dahal, Mr. Prakrit Shrestha, Mr. Shirshak Ghimire, Mr. Avdhesh Pant, Mr. Rastra Bimochan Timalsena and Mrs. Nida Doon Malla.

The final rounds and the panel for the arbitration conference were graced by Hon’ble Justice Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Nepal, Senior Advocate Satish Krishna Kharel and Advocate Sameer Sharma. The panel discussion was moderated by Advocate Anup Raj Upreti. The discussion was held on the topic of “Role of Judiciary in Arbitrations” with an interactive audience comprising of Hon’ble Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Nepal, various Hon’ble Justices of Hon’ble High Courts across Nepal, and top legal minds across the arbitration sector in Nepal.

Pioneer Law Associate along with Human Resources Society Nepal (HRSN) conducted WEBINAR on Social Security Fund (SSF) specially targeting the HR Professionals working in various sectors. The WEBINAR took place on 26th June, 2021, Saturday, 3:00 pm NST. The WEBINAR lasted for two and half hours with 184 participants. The WEBINAR included a short presentation on SSF Laws, Schemes, Benefits and other legal and practical concerns regarding SSF which was followed by a Question Answer Session facilitated by our Partner, Mr. Tilak Bikram Pandey. Short presentation on SSF was done by our Senior Associate Ms. Sabana Poudel.

The WEBINAR was conducted in Nepali and English using the Zoom tool including screen sharing. The technology partner for the WEBINAR was Nimble Infosys.

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