Abdul Basit Qureshi, PhD, Lecturer, is a legal and energy sector professional with 20 years of experience across public and private corporate and energy sectors.
He holds an LLB (Hons), an LLM in International Trade Law, and a PhD in International Energy Policy and Regulations, with expertise in energy law, regulatory frameworks, and international energy governance.
His core competencies include petroleum regulation, corporate licensing, energy legislation, and policy matters related to natural gas, LNG, oil, LPG, and RLNG. He has experience in regulatory compliance, contract drafting and negotiation, legal advisory, energy security, and policy development.
He has worked extensively on stakeholder engagement, cross-border energy trade, decarbonisation, renewables, net-zero strategy, gas market liberalisation, third-party access regimes, transit, and investment facilitation, alongside government liaison on licensing and policy issues, with a focus on LNG infrastructure, energy cooperation, geopolitical and economic relations, and foreign investment.
His research focuses on EU energy security, energy transition, sustainability, and regulatory policy. His PhD research, “Energy Charter Treaty (ECT): Challenges and Prospects for Pakistan’s Energy Trade and Security,” reflects this focus. He also served as a Research Fellow at the Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS), Brussels, in 2014.
He has 10 years of experience as visiting teaching faculty at university level, teaching LLB and LLM subjects including international energy and climate law, investment law, EU law, intellectual property, trade law, administrative law, cybersecurity law, and international legal systems.
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