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