Our Lawyers

A former Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh with 32 years in the civil service (BCS Administration Cadre, 8th Batch, 1989). He served as Secretary of the Rural Development & Cooperatives Division and as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Division and the Finance Division, with earlier postings as Joint Secretary, Deputy Commissioner and Upazila Nirbahi Officer.

At the firm he advises on corporate governance, regulatory strategy and dealings with government, drawing on deep experience in public administration, policy implementation, national budget preparation and development-project oversight, and on professional exposure across more than fifteen countries.

Emeritus Professor of Law at Macquarie Law School, Sydney, with around thirty years as a law academic and some forty-five years teaching and researching in common-law jurisdictions. His fields are public international law, international human rights, WTO and international trade law, and international economic and dispute-resolution law.

For the firm he advises on international and cross-border matters — trade, investment, human-rights and treaty questions — and on how foreign legal frameworks bear on clients in Bangladesh and abroad. He has served as Acting Dean and Director of Higher Degree Research at Macquarie and as Chairman of the Law Department at the University of Rajshahi.

A finance academic at the University of Sydney, holding a Ph.D. in Finance and a Master of Commerce in Quantitative Finance. His research and teaching centre on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, mutual funds and the political economy of markets, with peer-reviewed work in leading international journals.

At the firm he advises on the financial and corporate-finance side of transactions — mergers and acquisitions, valuation, corporate investment and the regulatory and political-economy factors around them — complementing the legal team on company, banking and capital-markets matters.

Barrister of England and Wales (Middle Temple) and Advocate of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, in practice since 2009. He advises businesses, banks and financial institutions on corporate and commercial matters, banking and financial recovery, land and property due diligence, regulatory compliance and complex litigation, and represents clients in appeals before the High Court Division.

Before concentrating on Supreme Court practice he led the banking division at Mahboob & Shila Associates in Dhaka, and for eight years he taught company, banking, tax and constitutional law at Southeast University. His published research covers ethics in trade law, anti-money-laundering and human rights.

Advocate at the Dhaka Judge Court, tax lawyer at the Dhaka Taxes Bar Association and company lawyer. Experienced in civil, criminal, tax, company, banking and immigration law, with hands-on work in deed writing, land matters and RJSC affairs. LL.B and LL.M (first class), with a special master's in human rights.

An advocate since 2005 with long experience in legal aid and human-rights practice, focused on women's and children's rights, gender-based violence and access to justice. She has served as legal advisor to anti-sexual-harassment committees and development projects, and as a clinic and project lawyer with the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association.

She advises on human-rights and gender-protection matters, legal research and drafting, policy compliance and mediation, with extensive training in human-rights monitoring, child-rights law and gender-based-violence response.

An advocate practising before the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the District & Sessions Judge's Court, Nilphamari, with over seven years of litigation experience. She handles civil, criminal and banking matters and acts as panel lawyer for several state-owned banks.

She supports clients with litigation, recovery and documentation across the trial courts and the High Court Division.

A law graduate (LL.M and LL.B) supporting the firm's litigation and documentation work — case preparation, legal drafting, court filing and day-to-day case management alongside the senior lawyers. He has associate and internship experience across several Dhaka chambers and is building his practice in civil, criminal, corporate, company and land matters.

Holds a master's in International Commercial Law from North South University and is pursuing a Master of Criminology at Murdoch University, Australia. Experienced in legal research, documentation, regulatory compliance and analysis; formerly a research and teaching assistant at North South University.