Associate

Faria Ahmad is an Associate at Akhtar Imam & Associates. As an Associate, her main areas of practice include Company and Commercial law, Corporate law, Securities law, Labour and Employment law, Banking and Finance and Family law. She primarily assists in constitutional challenges under the writ jurisdiction, international commercial arbitrations, company incorporation, and represents clients in administrative tribunals. She is a contributor to the Doing Business flagship report of the World Bank and regularly works with TrustLaw.

Before joining the firm, she worked as a Junior Consultant at the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST). She developed the first Public Interest Litigation (PIL) repository in Bangladesh. She worked extensively on legal reform and policy advocacy on issues surrounding equality and discrimination, labour rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and rights of the marginalized communities. She is a member of the SARJAI network which dedicatedly works on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Professional Qualifications

2016, Barrister-at-Law, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK

Trainings/ Workshops

Asia Pro Bono Conference, 2019 Advocacy Training for Women Lawyers in Bangladesh, organised by iProBono Bangladesh Short Course of Gender and SRHR, organised by BRAC JPGSPH and BLAST Leadership and Management Training, organised by MDF Training and Consultancy SARJAI Regional Workshop on regional SRHR advocacy in Asia

Publications

The Daily Star, “Medical Negligence and Duty of Care”(https://goo.gl/Etf89k) The Daily Star, “On reform of Companies Act 1994” (https://goo.gl/m5hfCN) Dhaka Tribune, “No means no”(https://goo.gl/i3v5pg) The Daily Observer, “Marriage and SRHR: Why it matters”(https://goo.gl/BQJsTt) Legal Aid at the Frontlines: Activating Chowki Courts, published March 2016

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s InnGeneral Council of the Bar of England and Wales

Academic Qualifications

2015, PGDL (BPTC), City University, London 2014, LLB (Hons), University of London