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

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

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

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

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