Bangladesh: Lawyers
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List of Lawyers in Bangladesh Prepared by the British High Commission, Dhaka www.gov.uk The following list of lawyers has been prepared by the British High Commission, Dhaka for the convenience of British Nationals who may require legal advice and assistance in Bangladesh. It is provided on the understanding that we (the British High Commission) do not assume or undertake any legal responsibility, to you, or those affected, if you choose to take it into account when instructing a local lawyer. Further and alternatively, we cannot accept any liability to any person or company for any financial loss or damage arising from the use of this information or from any failure to give information. Our aim is to provide our customers with as much relevant information to enable them to make better informed decisions but our lists are not recommendations and should not be treated as such. List of lawyers in Bangladesh Updated: September 2020 This list is in alphabetical order (following Honorary Legal Advisor’s details). DHAKA Orr, Dignam & Co (Honorary Legal Advisor, British High Commission, Dhaka) Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas ORR, DIGNAM & CO. Muhammad Ohiullah SHAJAN TOWER (1ST TEL : 9563946 & Generally practices in Commercial, corporate Barrister-at-Law FLOOR) 9563950 all areas of law matters, incorporation Honorary Legal Adviser OFFICE NOS.101 – FAX : 9559887 excepting Tax and of companies, to H.E. The British High 104 E-MAIL : criminal matters. preparation of joint Commissioner 3, SEGUN BAGICHA [email protected] venture agreement, DHAKA-1000 [email protected] insurance, aviation, BANGLADESH. maritime, shipping, customs and intellectual property matters etc. Languages Office Hours Experience with Provides Legal Offers Pro-Bono Coverage; Other Affiliations Spoken British Nationals? Aid? Service? Offices English and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 Yes No No ORR, DIGNAM & Supreme Court Bar Bengali. p.m. with a break CO. Association of from 1:00 p.m. to Also has branch Bangladesh 2:00 p.m. for offices Khulna and launch. Chittagong. ACCORD CHAMBERS – Complete Legal Solutions Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas Accord Chambers is a full-service Accord Chambers has ACCORD Managing Partner: ACCORD CHAMBERS Direct Dial (Mobile): law firm offering complete legal earned its reputation in the CHAMBERS – Eastern Antik (Suite 101), +88 01711244627 solutions to its domestic and following practice areas (in Mr. Suhan Khan Complete Legal House-155, Road-4, +88 01716924202 international clients. alphabetical order): Barrister-at-law, Solutions Block-A, Niketan, ▪ Arbitration & Dispute Lincoln’s Inn, UK. PO: Gulshan, Email: The firm’s broad spectrum of legal Resolution, Advocate of the Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. [email protected] services includes the following: ▪ Civil & Commercial litigations; Supreme Court of 1. Comprehensive solutions for ▪ Construction & Bangladesh. [email protected] new ventures / foreign direct Infrastructure investments, establishment of ▪ Cross-border contract Senior Partner: Fax: businesses or setting up of negotiation and +88 02 9861175 Mr. Mamun Branch/Liaison Offices in drafting, including +88 02 9861176 Chowdhury Bangladesh, including drafting and complex EPC & Turn- Advocate of the documentation support as well key Project contracts, Website: Supreme Court of procurement of regulatory BOOT agreements etc. www.accordchambers.com Bangladesh approvals, licenses and clearance ▪ Employment & labour from governmental & regulatory law, authorities; ▪ Energy, Petroleum & Foreign Investment Power; Practice Lead: 2. Arbitration and enforcement of ▪ Foreign investment & Ms. Syeda Faiza foreign arbitration awards; Management, Hossain ▪ Finance including Barrister-at-law, 3. Corporate Management, Project Financing Lincoln’s Inn, UK. professional negotiation, vetting ▪ Licensing & Regulatory and drafting of local and cross- Compliance, border contracts; ▪ Land, Property & Real Estate, 4. Vetting and verification of land, ▪ Merger, Acquisition & property and real estate Transactional, share documents, facilitation of land transfer & corporate purchase and sale process with all restructuring, incidental documentations; ▪ Private Public Partnership, public 5. Litigation and dispute resolution procurement & support and representations in tendering, admiralty suits, company cases, ▪ Shipping & admiralty civil suits, employment and labour ▪ Telecommunications & law claims, white collar criminal Technology matters; 6. Registration of foreign NGOs with NGO Affairs Bureau and setting-up Bangladesh Office. Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with Provides Legal Offers Pro- Coverage; Other Offices Affiliations British Nationals? Aid? Bono Service? English, Court Hours: Principal coverage at Dhaka, ▪ The Honourable Society of Bangla 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Yes, including Yes Yes Chittagong and Sylhet Lincoln’s Inn, London, individuals as well as Division. ▪ Supreme Court Bar Chambers U.K. based Association, consultation: organizations Supreme Court Chamber: ▪ Dhaka Bar Association, 12:00 PM to 9 PM Room No. 506 (Annex ▪ Taxes Bar Association of (excluding Friday and Extension Building), Dhaka, Public Holidays) Supreme Court of ▪ Legal counsels for the Bangladesh, Dhaka. American Chamber of Available for Commerce in Bangladesh conference call and Other offices: ▪ Recommended by the Legal email correspondence Suite-6, Block-C, Mouchak 500 as Leading Firm 2020 throughout the day. Market (4th Floor), 39 Shahid (Asia Pacific) Shangbadik Selina Parveen ▪ Recommended by Road, Siddeswari, Dhaka. Chambers & Partners Amir & Amir Law Associates Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas 1. Litigations And 1. Litigation and Amir & Amir Law Head of Chambers: Amir & Amir Law Tel: 880-2-9330877, Dispute Resolution Dispute Resolution Associates M. Amir-UlIslam, Associates 9333253, 2.Corporate Law 2. Corporate Law Barrister-at-Law Fax: 880-2-9337746, 3. Commercial Law 3. Criminal Law Senior Advocate, 203 Concord Tower 8317178 4. Foreign Investment 4. Foreign Investment Supreme Court of (2nd Floor), 113 Email:[email protected] 5. Corporate 5. Legal Due Diligence 6.Corporate Bangladesh. KaziNazrul Islam Governance Governance Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Website/Links: 6. Corporate Finance Senior Partner: Bangladesh 7. Banking and Finance 7. Banking & Finance Ms. Tania Amir www.aalabd.com 8. International Joint 8. Investment Funds Barrister-at-Law, Advocate Ventures 9. Foreign Direct Supreme Court of http://www.martindale.c 9. International Joint Investment Bangladesh om/Amir-Amir-Law- Ventures Associates/1150777- 10. International Trade 10. Mergers & Acquisition Partner: law-firm-office.htm 11. Foreign Direct 11. IP- Trademark & Ms. Eva Quasem Investment Copyright Barrister-at-Law http://www.lexmundi.co 12. Mergers & 12. Immigration Law Advocate, Supreme Court m/assnfe/cv.asp?ID=12 Acquisitions 13. Family Law of Bangladesh 242 13. IP-Trademark & Copyright 14. Energy Law 15. Immigration Law 16. Family Law 17. Corporate Law 18. Criminal Law 19. Foreign Investment 20. Legal Due Diligence Languages Office Hours Experience with Provides Legal Offers Pro-Bono Coverage; Other Affiliations Spoken British Nationals? Aid? Service? Offices Room-139, Bar 1. Lex Mundi English 09:00 AM- 8:00 PM Yes Yes Yes Association 2. Martindale Bengali Building, Hubbell Hindi Bangladesh 3. Chambers & Supreme Court. Partners Dhaka-1000. 4.InternationalRefer Tel- +8802- ral 9554098, 9556900. Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas Provides legal aid Ain o Salish Kendra Nina Goswami 7/17, Block: B Tel: 880-2-8126047 services regarding Specialises in Human (ASK) Salma Jabin Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207 family matters, rights, women's rights, 880-2-8126134 Bangladesh. dowries, maintenance, children's rights and 880-2-8126137 divorce, child custody, constitutional rights. Fax: 880-2- 8126045 torture against women and children, sexual E- harassment, acid mail:[email protected] violence, force website: marriage etc. www.citechco.org Languages Office Hours Experience with Provides Legal Offers Pro-Bono Coverage; Other Affiliations Spoken British Nationals? Aid? Service? Offices Bengali and 9am to 5pm Yes - particularly Yes - for women All services are Provides legal aid Affiliated with English forced marriage and children. provided without services throughout the N.G.O Bureau, cases concerning any fee. whole country. Works Special British Nationals. together with local partner consultative N.G.O to provide legal aid status with services outside of UNECOSOC. Dhaka. N.G.O partners Registered located in: Rajshahi, under Societies Satkhira, Tangail, Bogra, Registration Act, Hobigong, Chittagong, 1860 and Barishal. Foreign Donations Regulation Ordinance, 1978. Azurist (London), The Zurist (Dhaka) Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas Legal Advice AZURIST Nabila Rafique LONDON OFFICE : E : [email protected] Expert Opinions for UK Property/Land Law www.a-zurist.com Solicitor Unit A, 1st Floor, , 6 T : + 44 (0) 20 3730 3497 courts/Tribunals/private Succession Law AZURIST in London provides legal Advocate, Supreme Commercial St., M : +44(0)7415295997 (UK) parties Family Law services exclusively concerning Court of Bangladesh London E1 6LP, UK Civil litigation Employment Law Bangladesh to NRBs, businesses, foreign Criminal litigation Regulatory Law investors, public