Amna Sarfaraz

Internationally trained lawyer with hands-on experience managing high-volume legal documentation, litigation files, and a corporate legal matter database. Detail-oriented reviewer with a demonstrated record of catching errors in board-level instruments before regulatory filing, and of maintaining strict confidentiality across in-house, private practice, and clinic settings. Fluent in English, Urdu, and Hindi, available for multilingual document review.

Currently completing the Certificate in Canadian Law at Osgoode Hall Law School (NCA candidate; Ontario bar call anticipated 2027), and seeking an eDiscovery, document review, or litigation support role where legal training and meticulous document handling add immediate value.

Clinic Fellow at IP Innovation Clinic, York University (Osgoode Hall Law School) (2025-09 – 2026-04)

• Managed confidential client files in Clio, a cloud-based legal practice management platform, maintaining accurate, well-organized electronic records across active clinic matters.
• Authored a research memorandum on intellectual property protection strategy that led directly to the client pursuing a patent filing.
• Drafted and proofread client correspondence and clinic documentation to a standard suitable for external release.
• Co-presented an IP management strategy session to a university-wide audience and authored a published clinic blog post on trade secrets versus patents.

Legal & Corporate Secretarial Trainee at Haleon (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare) (2025-01 – 2025-04)

• Maintained the company's complete legal matter database, ensuring every active matter was accurately logged, current, and retrievable on demand for the Head of Legal and Company Secretary.
• Reviewed board-level corporate instruments prior to filing and identified critical defects — incorrect dates, missing signatures, and absent supporting documentation — preventing regulatory non-compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
• Coordinated document exchange and matter updates with multiple external law firms on behalf of the in-house legal team.
• Redesigned the legal department's filing system, improving retrieval speed and version control for confidential corporate records.
• Prepared regulatory and corporate secretarial documentation under strict statutory deadlines.

Associate at Rasheed Razvi & Associates (2024-09 – 2025-01)

• Managed documentation across 15+ concurrent litigation files, organizing pleadings, evidence, and correspondence for hearing-ready retrieval.
• Conducted legal research and drafting that contributed to the dismissal of a petition and to a successful pleading.
• Redesigned the firm's physical and electronic filing system for active litigation matters.
• Drafted legal correspondence and followed up with clients while maintaining strict confidentiality.

Legal Intern at Rasheed Razvi & Associates (2022-06 – 2022-12)

• Supported litigation teams with document organization, court filing preparation, and case research across civil and commercial matters.

Legal Intern at Vellani & Vellani

• Assisted with corporate and commercial documentation and legal research at one of Pakistan's leading corporate law firms.

Residential Property Manager / Airbnb Superhost at Self-employed

• Independently managed scheduling, correspondence, financial tracking, and client communications over several years — sustained evidence of accuracy, responsiveness, and unsupervised reliability.

Certificate in Canadian Law in Law – Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

LLM in International Commercial Law – University of Kent

LLB in Bachelor of Laws – University of London

BA in Political Science – University of Waterloo