Hamza Saleem is the Acting Head of Legal at the GFH Financial Group. He is responsible for providing the Group and its project companies with legal advice and support across a wide range of general, corporate, commercial, financial and regulatory matters. Hamza comes to the role with over thirteen years of legal experience as it applies to transactions involving mergers, acquisitions and related corporate matters as well as in the provision of regulated financial services and the development of banking products and services.

Prior to joining GFH in 2021, Hamza most recently spent 11 years at Zu’bi & Partners (formerly, Qays H. Zu’bi) as a Senior Associate and has previously worked at two of Pakistan’s tier-1 law firms, where he focused on banking, finance and corporate and commercial law.

Hamza is a Solicitor of England and Wales and was previously called to the bar as a Barrister-at-law at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, having undertaken the BVC from the University of the West of England and an LL.B. (Honours) from the University of London.