SIA&A IS A LEADING LAW FIRM IN BANGLADESH OFFERING A FULL RANGE OF LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS ACROSS ALL SECTORS

WE PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO AN EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE PORTFOLIO OF CLIENTS, MAINTAINING THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY SET BY LATE MR. SYED ISHTIAQ AHMED

OUR LITIGATION TEAM IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN LITIGATION & ARBITRATION PRACTICES IN BOTH THE HIGH COURT DIVISION AND THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH

CHAMBERS SPECIALIZES IN A BROAD RANGE OF PRACTICES PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE COMMERCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND OBJECTIVES OF ITS CLIENTS

Practice Areas

Major Areas of Practice
Arbitration

Arbitration

We have extensive experience both nationally and internationally in arbitration proceedings on issues arising from building and engineering contracts, production   (more…)

Aviation

Aviation

Chambers has advised in significant aviation matters involving aircraft leasing, purchasing and financing arrangements and regulatory matters both for private carriers  (more…)

Banking and Financing

Banking and Financing

Chambers acts in banking related matters and litigation, including questions of supervision by Bangladesh Bank (the central bank), government sanctions and regulations,   (more…)

Commercial Law

Commercial Law

We routinely prepare and review contracts, and advise clients on disputes which arise during the ordinary course of business, for example, contractual rights  (more…)

Company Law

Company Law

We are continually involved in advising on matters concerning shareholders rights (including minority shareholders), joint venture agreements, company and corporate  (more…)

Constitutional Issues and Judicial Review

Constitutional Issues and Judicial Review

We have considerable experience and expertise in applications for judicial review, seeking remedies for administrative decisions of central and local government or other  (more…)

Employment Law

Employment Law

Chambers advises numerous organisations including multi-nationals and supranational organisations on labour and employment issues. Our range of work includes  (more…)

Insurance

Insurance

Chambers has combined experience in advising on life general and marine insurance matters, including life and marine insurance policy and claims and availability  (more…)

Media, Telecommunications and Technology Law

Media, Telecommunications and Technology Law

We have developed substantial expertise in the area of media and telecommunications, including related contractual and licensing matters and various other legal  (more…)

Oil, Gas, Fertiliser and Power Sectors

Oil, Gas, Fertiliser and Power Sectors

We have an unequaled and unique history of advising companies and the Government of Bangladesh on matters relating to the oil, gas and energy sector.   (more…)

Overseas Law Firms

Overseas Law Firms

Chambers frequently works with international law firms in providing research and opinions on matters of Bangladesh law for various international and multinational  (more…)

Private International Law

Private International Law

Many of the cases in which we act arise out of cross-border disputes and we have built up a depth of specialist expertise in private international litigation   (more…)

Property and Trusts Law

Property and Trusts Law

Chambers routinely advises, prepares and review documents, and represents clients in litigation relating to real property. We routinely prepare and review  (more…)

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Law

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Law

PPP despite being a relatively new notion in Bangladesh, we have been involved in one of the first PPP projects in Bangladesh and am currently involved in drafting  (more…)

Regulatory and Administrative Law

Regulatory and Administrative Law

Financial and commercial activity in Bangladesh is subject to increasingly complex regulatory rules and possible intervention by Government, self-regulatory  (more…)

Representative, Branch and/or Liaison Offices of Foreign Companies

Representative, Branch and/or Liaison Offices of Foreign Companies

We have considerable experience and expertise in setting-up representative, branch and/or liaison offices of foreign companies in Bangladesh including  (more…)

Subordinate Court Litigation

Subordinate Court Litigation

We have extensive experience in civil and criminal matters at various subordinate courts and labour courts, including actions under the Negotiable Instruments  (more…)

Shipping

Shipping

We handle all types of maritime disputes on behalf of shipowners, charterers and cargo interests as well as their respective insurers.  We advise on collision,  (more…)

Tax

Tax

We are experienced in handling and advising on taxation cases and disputes with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and have been involved in a number of important tax cases. (more…)

Litigations and Disputes

Litigations and Disputes

Advising and representing clients in general civil/criminal litigations and disputes

About Us

Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates (SIA&A) is a leading law firm in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  SIA&A is the Chambers and law firm established by the Late Mr. Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, a barrister and senior advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Mr. Ahmed was a renowned and revered figure in the legal field of Bangladesh. A former Attorney General, Minister in charge of the Ministry of Law & Justice and Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development in the Interim Government of Bangladesh in 1996, and Minister in charge of the Ministry of Law & Justice and Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Interim Government of Bangladesh in 2001, Mr. Ahmed was involved in numerous organisations and committees. He passed away in July 2003.  SIA&A stands out from other firms in the city in having a broadly based practice encompassing all aspects of civil litigation as well as advising clients and firms in the fields of constitutional and corporate law, banking, commercial and corporate finance and general commercial issues. The present partners, Nihad Kabir, Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin and Md. Asaduzzaman have all benefited from their long association with the Late Mr. Ahmed, and are committed to carrying on the standards of excellence and integrity set by him. 

Partners

Nihad Kabir

Nihad Kabir

Senior Partner

Nihad obtained her BA (Hons) degree in Law from Cambridge University, UK in 1988. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Gray’s Inn, London in 1989, completed her LLM, also from Cambridge University, UK in 1991 and was granted her MA in 1993. She was enrolled as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 1990 and as an Advocate of the High Court Division of Bangladesh in 1991. In 2002 she was enrolled as an Advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Nihad joined Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in 1991 and developed her expertise in civil, commercial, corporate, company, project finance and banking law matters. She was involved in several constitutional cases of note. The most notable case was the President’s Reference No.1 of 1995, the first ever President’s reference to the Chief Justice on a matter of constitutional importance under Constitutional provisions in Bangladesh, where Nihad assisted Senior Counsel, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed in his role as amicus curiae. She appears before the Supreme Court routinely in constitutional, corporate and company matters and income tax references. Cases on double taxation argued by her have been reported and are used as precedents in the Supreme Court.

Nihad was a member of the Company Law Reform Committee formed by the Government of Bangladesh in August 2003, WTO Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Commerce, Bankruptcy Law Reform Committee for Bangladesh in 1994. Nihad was also the first Legal Counsel to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Bangladesh from 1993-96. She taught Company Law at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in the academic year 1993-94.

Nihad worked as Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines from July 1996 to February 2000

Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin

Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin

Managing Partner

Afzal received his BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry and Management from King’s College, London in 1993. He then completed a postgraduate Diploma in Law in 1994 from Southbank University. Afzal was called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn, London in March 1996. Afzal is enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2001. Prior to joining Chambers Afzal worked for the Civil Litigation Department of Price Waterhouse in London from October 1995 to February 1998.

Afzal joined Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in March 1998 and has been involved in commercial law matters. His areas of expertise in Chambers include advising clients in the areas of gas and oil exploration, power generation and telecommunications. Afzal advises many of the private sector telecommunication operators in Bangladesh and is familiar with the regulatory commission and its law. Afzal regularly drafts opinions and reviews regulatory issues and licensing matters for the private telecommunication operators and has experience of arbitration on behalf of a private telecom operator against a government owned and controlled operator. Afzal was also recently involved in negotiating and reviewing loan documentation for a multi-million dollar international and local syndicated loan for a private telecom operator. Afzal attended a seminar on ‘UK Oil and Gas Law’ presented by the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee in Edinburgh in conjunction with the law firm Cameron Mckenna, London and also a seminar and workshop on ‘Petroleum Operations under the Bangladesh PSC Regime’ by Dennis C. Stickley.

Afzal has been involved in reviewing proposed/draft legislation circulated by the Law Reform Commission on information technology, copyright laws and has advised the Law Reform Commission on suggested amendments to the newly enacted Arbitration Act 2001. Afzal has provided legal services to the ADB as an external legal consultant on the Ashuganj Power Plant Corporatisation Project and was closely involved in the consortium looking into the Privatisation and Corporatisation of Biman Bangladesh Airlines as part of a World Bank funded project. He is familiar with the Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions and has liaised with senior officials of Bangladesh Bank including the Governor on several occasions on behalf of banks. Afzal has experience in the arbitration process conducted under the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and has also successfully assisted in defending a client before the World Bank Administrative Tribunal.

Mohammed Asaduzzaman

Mohammed Asaduzzaman

Partner

Asad received his LLB (Hons) and LLM degrees from Dhaka University in 1993 and 1994, respectively. He was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1996. Prior to joining Chambers in 1998, Asad worked for a legal aid organization in Dhaka and also worked for chambers of Mr. Justice Md. Nizamul Huq, a present judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Asad appears regularly before both the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts, civil and criminal matters, for the chambers. He has been dealing with civil, commercial, banking, human rights, and constitutional matters. He has appeared in various landmark cases in matters relating to taxation, civil and commercial law. He has also built up his expertise in litigation, admiralty matters and property disputes. Asad takes a keen interest in human rights issues and is involved with a number of charities involved in providing legal aid.

Nazia Kabir

Nazia Kabir

Partner

Nazia obtained her LL.B. (Hons.) degree from University of Wolverhampton, UK, in 2002 and her LL.M. degree from Brunel University, Uxbridge, in 2004, with specialization in international trade law including WTO laws and submission of a dissertation on intellectual property laws in developing countries.  She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 2004.  After pupilage with Chambers, she qualified as an Advocate of the District Court, Dhaka, in 2007, and thereafter qualified as an Advocate of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Nazia joined Chambers in 2005 has been involved in commercial, banking and company law matters. Nazia’a areas of practice in Chambers include advising clients in the areas of gas and oil exploration, power generation, telecommunications, PPP projects as well as other contractual and commercial matters. She has been closely involved in numerous projects sponsored by the ADB, ILO, JICA, IFC and other development agencies since joining the firm. She was a team member of Grameenphone Ltd. IPO legal team. She also provided assistance in review of papers on matters under the WTO regime. Nazia has assisted Partners and represented Chambers in various arbitration proceedings under the Bangladesh arbitration laws.

Anisul Hassan

Anisul Hassan

Partner

Anisul obtained his LL.B. (Hons.) degree from University of London, UK, in 2004 and upon successful completion of the bar vocation course at the Inns of Court School of Law, City University, London, he was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 2006. He thereafter worked as an immigration consultant at an immigration advisory firm in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK which was controlled by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), UK. Anisul is an enrolled Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Anis joined Chambers in 2009 and has been involved in banking, commercial, labour, telecommunication and litigation matters. Anis’s areas of practice in Chambers include advising clients in the areas of labour, telecommunications, project finance, loan syndications as well as other contractual and commercial matters. Since joining the Chambers, he has been closely involved in considerable number of transactions of merger and acquisition and loan syndication involving foreign and local financial institutions.

Anis has also been involved with advising local and international clients on labour law disputes, such as, Banglalink, Airtel, Edotco, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Perry Ellis, H&M, Timberland, Sainsbury, Apex, Next, Tchibo GmbH, Children‟s Place, Edcon, Powertek Berhad, Accenture, ITX Inditex, Target Sourcing, Oman Air, Gulf Air, Bangkok Airways, Gap, Wilbur-Ellis, Metlife, AFD, Telenor, Vimplecom, American Effird, Aga Khan Foundation, etc.

Email: anis@siaalaw.com

Associates

Md. Matiur Rahman

Md. Matiur Rahman

Senior Associate

Matiur is an enrolled Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and has been working with the Firm for more than 20 years. Matiur is a litigator and appears regularly before the subordinate courts, in relation to various civil and criminal matters, for the chambers. He has been dealing with civil, commercial, banking, employment, family and property related disputes and other miscellaneous matters.

Email: matiur@siaalaw.com

Insiyah Ziauddin

Insiyah Ziauddin

Senior Associate

Insiyah has experience relating to various data protection and privacy, non-government organisation and company matters as well as different aspects of corporate/commercial, regulatory and transactional matters with particular focus on procurement laws and public private partnerships. She has also been involved in due diligence and power sector projects.

She assists the partners on a range of corporate advisory matters and transactions.

Insiyah completed her LL.B under the University of London (International Programmes) and obtained her LL.M from Harvard Law School. She is enrolled as an advocate and is a member of the Dhaka Bar Association.

Email: insiyah@siaalaw.com

Imtiaz Bin Hafiz

Imtiaz Bin Hafiz

Senior Associate

Imtiaz obtained his LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the University of Sussex, UK, in 2012. Thereafter, he completed his Bar Professional Training Course and Post-graduate Diploma in Bar Professional Training from City University, London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 2013.

Prior to joining chambers, Imtiaz worked as an intern at Allen and Overy and undertook a mini-pupillage at 1 Crown Office Row, Brighton. Imtiaz joined Chambers in 2013 became an enrolled as an advocate of the District Court in 2015. His expertise are in oil and power, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, commercial law and foreign investment. He regularly advises foreign and local clients on mergers and acquisitions, financing and regulatory matters. He also litigates on commercial disputes and employment matters.

Imtiaz has also been involved in advising various local and foreign investors with establishing power plants in Bangladesh. He regularly advises clients like Powerchina Resources Limited, APR Energy, Edra Power Holdings and others with local regulatory requirements, obtaining necessary licenses and approvals, EPC contracts, labour matters and settlement of disputes with contractors and employees. Over the last six years, Imtiaz has also assisted a number of local and foreign lenders with financing power projects in Bangladesh by conducting due diligence on project documents and special purpose vehicles, advising on bankability of project documents and project companies, drafting and reviewing finance documents and advising on local customs and legal issues pertaining specifically to financing power projects.

Email: imtiaz@siaalaw.com

Abdullah Al Mahmud

Abdullah Al Mahmud

Associate

Mahmud is an enrolled Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. After obtaining his LL.B. (Hons.) degree from University of London, UK in 2008, he completed the bar vocational course from City Law School, City University, London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 2010. Mahmud is also an Affiliate of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK (ACCA).

Before joining Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in 2013, Mahmud worked as an auditor in S.F. Ahmed & Co., a renowned chartered accountant firm in Bangladesh. During his association with Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates, he has been involved in advising local and international clients on commercial, procurement, labour, contractual and insurance matters. Since joining the firm, he has been closely engaged in several public private partnership (PPP) projects, power projects, policy development projects and considerable number of transactions of merger and acquisition involving foreign and local institutions.

E-mail:  mahmud@siaalaw.com

 

Tausif Shabab

Tausif Shabab

Associate

Tausif obtained his LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the University of Sussex, UK, in 2014. Thereafter, he completed his Bar Professional Training Course and Post-graduate Diploma in Bar Professional Training from Cardiff University, UK. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 2015 and is also an enrolled Advocate in the District and Sessions Courts, Dhaka.

Upon completion of his pupillage with the chambers, Tausif joined as an Associate in 2016 and also worked as a senior legal counsel at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited during 2020-2021. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, business-set up and licensing, banking, project finance, labour, power and energy, telecommunication, intellectual property and general corporate and regulatory matters and has substantial experience in advising leading local and multinational clients on these matters.

Email: tausif@siaalaw.com

Nadia Rahman

Nadia Rahman

Associate

Nadia obtained her LL.B. (Hons.) degree from Cardiff University, UK, in 2013. Thereafter, she completed her Bar Professional Training Course from the University of Law, Birmingham, with full scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple contributing towards the tuition fees of the Bar course. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Middle Temple, London, in 2014. She then worked as a legal assistant at a solicitor’s firm in London, UK. Nadia had also undertaken a mini-pupillage at St. James’s Chambers, Manchester, UK during her final year of LLB.

Prior to joining SIAA, Nadia had gained experience of working on corporate and foreign investment matters at a corporate chambers in Dhaka. Nadia joined SIAA in 2016 and primarily specialises in mergers and acquisitions of private and listed entities, including conducting due diligences and assisting clients during the negotiation process, and regularly advises local and international clients and multinational organisations on matters relating to commercial, labour, foreign investment, payment and settlement regulations, mobile financial services, data security, business set-up, joint ventures, shipping laws, contractual, telecommunication; and provides company secretarial services to many locally incorporated entities.

Nadia has gained extensive experience in working with and advising listed companies in Bangladesh in some of the notable merger and acquisition transactions, advising on all securities and exchange laws, capital markets, corporate governance, disclosure requirements, deal structure, drafting and advising on transactional documents, competition laws, employee severance schemes and all other ancillary matters pertinent to the transaction.

Some of the notable clients that Nadia have dealt with include the IFC, IMF, major social media platforms and fintech companies, Payoneer, PayPal, Mastercard, Telenor, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), British Americal Tobacco (BAT), Singer, National Stock Exchange of India, BRAC Bank, Accenture, Edotco, Svitzer and Maersk.

Email: nadia@siaalaw.com

Shahzeb Mahmood

Shahzeb Mahmood

Associate

Shahzeb started working at Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in 2017. Since he has joined the firm, he has been advising the four Big Tech companies as well as a number of other local and multinational technology and telecommunications companies on legal and regulatory issues, data privacy and data security matters, intellectual property infringement, and intermediary liability. He also focuses on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and equity investments in a broad range of industries, with experiences in closing a number of high-profile transactions. Shahzeb also regularly advises clients in banking, insurance, education, and healthcare sectors. He also takes a keen interest in business startup consulting.

Shahzeb was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2017. Shahzeb is also an Accredited Civil-Commercial Mediator under ADR-ODR International UK.

Previously, Shahzeb gained considerable experience on corporate matters while working as a legal assistant at A Hossain & Associates, Dhaka. He also did his mini-pupillage at Guildhall Chambers, Bristol and Invictus Chambers, London.

Email: shahzeb@siaalaw.com

Tazkia Labeeba Karim

Tazkia Labeeba Karim

Associate

Tazkia qualified as an Advocate of the District Court, Dhaka, in 2016, and has subsequently qualified as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2019. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK in December 2014 and had obtained her LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the University of London in 2013.

Tazkia has considerable experience in dealing with both corporate and litigation matters, having previously worked at a litigation-based law firm in Dhaka for 4 (Four) years. Tazkia joined the Chambers in February 2019 and has since then been involved in several mergers and acquisitions, has conducted due diligence on immovable properties in Bangladesh and advised clients on legal and regulatory compliance issues pertaining to the telecommunication and technology sector as well as labour, company and income tax law matters.

Email: tazkia@siaalaw.com

Sidrah Fatema

Sidrah Fatema

Associate

Sidrah obtained her LL.B (Hon’s) from University of West of England, Bristol, UK in 2016. Thereafter, she completed her Bar Professional Training Course from the University of West of England, Bristol, UK and subsequently was called to Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2017. Sidrah is also an Accredited Civil-Commercial Mediator under ADR-ODR International UK. Prior to joining the Chambers, Sidrah worked as an external legal consultant at a leading telecom service provider company in Bangladesh.

Sidrah joined in the Chambers as an intern in 2016. Upon completion of her studies, she joined as an Associate in 2018 and has since been involved in foreign direct investment (FDI) matters and transactions, telecommunication, banking, labour, aviation, incorporation of company, general sales agency and general corporate and regulatory matters, agreement reviews, drafting legal notices and legal opinions for commercial, labour, telecommunication, foreign exchange and company matters and has assisted in matters regarding public private partnerships.

Sidrah has recently extensively advised a leading telecommunication service provider on matters pertaining to legal and regulatory compliance. She regularly advises local and foreign companies on various regulatory and employment matters.

Email: sidrah@siaalaw.com

Shimanto Shahriar

Shimanto Shahriar

Associate

Shimanto obtained his LL.B (Hon’s) from University of London in 2017. Thereafter, he completed his Bar Professional Training Course from Cardiff University, UK and subsequently was called to Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2018. Shimanto joined in the Chambers as an intern in 2016. Upon successful completion of his studies, he joined as an Associate in 2018 and has since been involved in mergers and acquisitions, project finance, banking and insurance, telecommunication, joint venture, labour and general corporate and regulatory matters.

Shimanto has considerable experience in structured finance, project and infrastructure financing in the power, renewable energy and manufacturing sectors. He is well familiar with FIDIC contracts and possesses extensive experience in reviewing and negotiating EPC and O&M Contracts. He regularly advises local and foreign companies on various regulatory, compliance and employment matters. Shimanto was notably involved in a landmark project financing deal in the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh (deal size USD 34 Million in a 35 MW utility-scale solar power plant) involving multilateral institutions, namely Asian Development Bank (ADB) and DEG. He was also part of the team involved in the issuance of a non-convertible and redeemable bond worth BDT 210 crore (equivalent of USD 25 million) by Pran Agro, guaranteed by GuarantCo, a first of its kind in Bangladesh. Currently, Shimanto in involved in the team advising an offshore controlling shareholder, with respect to the proposed acquisition of substantial shares of a listed company in Bangladesh.

Prior to joining Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates (SIA&A), Shimanto worked as a research intern at Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and undertook a mini-pupillage with Iscoed Chambers, Swansea.

Email: shimanto@siaalaw.com

Nazia Tasneem

Nazia Tasneem

Associate

Nazia obtained her LL.B. (Hons.) degree from University of London, UK, in 2018. Shortly after, she launched her legal career at a reputed international law firm in Dhaka, where she worked for a year, building her experience in various corporate and commercial transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, energy and infrastructure deals, and even public private partnership projects.

Nazia joined Chambers in 2020 and continued her focus on the corporate sphere. She regularly advises on a broad spectrum of legal issues relating to company law, employment law, banking and finance law, intellectual property law, regulatory compliance, among others. She also regularly provides company secretarial services; has been engaged in a number of large-scale M&A projects; and is well-versed in reviewing and drafting agreements, legal opinions, memos, and other legal instruments.

Email: tasneem@siaalaw.com

Md. Ahsan Ullah

Md. Ahsan Ullah

Associate

Ahsan qualified as an advocate of Dhaka Judge Court in 2012 and has subsequently qualified as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2017. Prior to joining Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed and Associates in 2020, Ahsan has worked as an advocate in Dhaka Judge Court specializing on civil, family and criminal matters. Ahsan is a litigator and appears regularly before the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, in relation to various civil, criminal and writ matters for the chambers. He has been dealing with civil, commercial, banking, employment, and property related disputes and other miscellaneous matters.

Email: ahsan@siaalaw.com

Nuzhat Binte Hossain

Nuzhat Binte Hossain

Associate

Nuzhat obtained her LL.B (Hon’s) from University of London. She has also completed her Bar Professional Training Course from the City University London and subsequently was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2012. Thereafter, she completed her Masters in Development Management and Practice in 2016 from BRAC University, Bangladesh.

Prior to joining Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in February 2020, Nuzhat has worked in a local law firm from February 2017 to January 2020 and was involved in conducting property due diligence, drafting security documents including mortgage documents and advising on registration of security formalities under the laws of Bangladesh. Nuzhat enrolled as an advocate of the District Court in 2018 and joined in Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates in February 2020 and since then, she has been involved in various property disputes, banking laws, land laws, and other real estate matters. Nuzhat’s areas of practice in the chambers include representing clients in litigation matters and advising in various different areas of law.

Prior to joining the Chambers, Nuzhat also worked as a Program Officer at Odhikar, a Human Rights Organization, from April 2010 to August 2011. She has also worked as consultant of a research and trial observation program at International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT) from December 2012 to January 2014. This research and trial observation program was a joint effort of the War Crimes Studies Centre of University of California Berkeley (WCSC) and the East-West Center (EWC) under the umbrella of the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI).

Email: nuzhat@siaalaw.com

Sakib Ahsan

Sakib Ahsan

Associate

Sakib has obtained his LL.B (Hon’s) from the University of London in 2018. Thereafter, he completed his Bar Professional Training Course from University of West of England, Bristol, UK and subsequently was called to Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2020. Sakib is also an Accredited Civil-Commercial Mediator under ADR-ODR International Limited, United Kingdom. Prior to joining the Chambers, he has worked in the marketing industry with various renowned agencies and corporate entities.

Sakib has joined the chambers in 2020 and regularly advises clients in the areas of, including but not limited to, contractual commercial matters, company matters, shipping, insurance, employment, and digital security related laws. He has recently assisted in a notable international transaction pertaining to mergers and acquisitions by conducting full-length due diligence on corporate, finance and material contract documents.

Email: sakib@siaalaw.com

Adiba Hossain

Adiba Hossain

Associate

Adiba has finished her undergraduate degree from the BPP University, United Kingdom (UK) in July 2018, and subsequently which she has also undertaken a mini-pupillage at local law firm in Bangladesh. She has further completed her Bar Professional Training Course (LLM) from Nottingham-Trent University in UK. Adiba was Called to Bar of England and Wales from Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in November 2020. Following her Call to the Bar, Adiba submitted her dissertation on ‘Omissions in English Criminal Law: a study on the effects of individual autonomy’ in Criminal Law, earning a high commendation.

After moving back to Bangladesh, she joined the Daily Star, a leading national newspaper, as a contributor to the youth lead ‘Next Step’, acquiring valuable experience in working in a diverse area that allowed her to expand her skills. Adiba has joined the chambers on February 2021 and since then has been involved in various transactions in relation to company law, contract law, banking and finance law, labour law, intellectual property law, competition law, and telecommunication law.

Email: adiba@siaalaw.com

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