The Law Counsel

Practice areas: Family law, International Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Employment Law, Lawof Contract, Corporate Law, Trade Mark Law, Vat and Customs, Labour Law, Commercial Law, Property Law, Cyber Law, Admiralty Law and Arbitration.

Associate

International law: Extensive research on applicability of customary international law in Bangladesh in particular, the evolution of the offences of genocide, crime against humanity and command responsibility in customary international law from 1971-2009. Appeared before International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh in relation to two cases namely the Chief Prosecutor vs. Professor Ghulam Azam (ICT-BD Case No. 06 of 2011) and the Chief Prosecutor vs. A.T.M. Azharul Islam (ICT-BD Case No. 05 of 2013). Assisted senior defence counsel in conducting cases before International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Corporate Law: Experience in corporate matters and especially in drafting and vetting Memorandum and Articles of Association of listed companies. Representing clients before the Company Bench of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in complicated Share register rectification litigation.

Contract Law: Assisted in drafting agreements between MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., USA and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited., Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Oman & UAE Exchange, Oman, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and HDFC Bank, India, remittance services agreement between the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Samba Financial Group of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.

Employment Law: Experience in drafting tailor-made employment contracts. Provided employment related advice to a number companies including Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Accenture Communication Infrastructure Solution Limited. Provided legal advice on an annual basis to various foreign companies in relation to the offer of Restricted Stock Units, phantom shares, etc. to employees of their subsidiaries in Bangladesh.

Information Technology: Advised a number of newspapers in relation to violation of the provisions of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006. Appeared as defence counsel in two cases before the Cyber Tribunal, Dhaka. Also advised foreign companies in relation to the Act.

VAT, Customs etc: Conducted litigations against the National Board of Revenue in cases involving interpretation of the Custom Act.

Trademark Law: Represented a leading group of companies in a trademark dispute with a rival business group.    Anti-Bribery law: Providing advice to TRACE International, Washington on anti-bribery related laws in Bangladesh.

Bengali, English and Arabic (Basic)

Dhaka Bar Association, Bangladesh Dhaka Taxes Bar Association, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, Bangladesh Transparency International Bangladesh

LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. University of Dhaka

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