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List of Lawyers in Bangladesh
Prepared by the British High Commission, Dhaka
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The following list of lawyers has been prepared by the British High Commission, Dhaka for the convenience of British Nationals who may require legal advice and assistance in Bangladesh. It is provided on the understanding that we (the British High Commission) do not assume or undertake any legal responsibility, to you, or those affected, if you choose to take it into account when instructing a local lawyer. Further and alternatively, we cannot accept any liability to any person or company for any financial loss or damage arising from the use of this information or from any failure to give information. Our aim is to provide our customers with as much relevant information to enable them to make better informed decisions but our lists are not recommendations and should not be treated as such.
List of lawyers in Bangladesh Updated: 23rd January 2018 This list is in alphabetical order (following Honorary Legal Advisor’s details).
DHAKA Orr, Dignam & Co (Honorary Legal Advisor, British High Commission, Dhaka)
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
ORR, DIGNAM & CO.
M. HAFIZULLAH Honorary Legal Adviser to H.E. The British High Commissioner for the last 33 years
SHAJAN TOWER (1ST FLOOR) OFFICE NOS.101 – 104 3, SEGUN BAGICHA DHAKA-1000 BANGLADESH.
TEL : 9563950 & 9563946 FAX : 9559887 E-MAIL : [email protected] [email protected]
Generally practices in all areas of law excepting Tax and criminal matters.
Commercial, corporate matters, incorporation of companies, preparation of joint venture agreement, insurance, aviation, maritime, shipping, customs and intellectual property matters etc.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English and Bengali.
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a break from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for launch.
Yes
No
No
ORR, DIGNAM & CO. Also has branch offices Khulna and Chittagong.
Supreme Court Bar Association of Bangladesh
Amir & Amir Law Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Amir & Amir Law Associates
Head of Chambers: M. Amir-UlIslam, Barrister-at-Law Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Senior Partner: Ms. Tania Amir Barrister-at-Law, Advocate Supreme Court of Bangladesh Partner: Ms. Eva Quasem Barrister-at-Law Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Amir & Amir Law Associates 203 Concord Tower (2nd Floor), 113 KaziNazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-9330877, 9333253, Fax: 880-2-9337746, 8317178 Email:[email protected] Website/Links: www.aalabd.com http://www.martindale.com/Amir-Amir-Law-Associates/1150777-law-firm-office.htm http://www.lexmundi.com/assnfe/cv.asp?ID=12242
1. Litigations And Dispute Resolution 2.Corporate Law 3. Commercial Law
4. Foreign Investment
5. Corporate
Governance
6. Corporate Finance
7. Banking & Finance
8. Investment Funds
9. International Joint
Ventures
10. International Trade
11. Foreign Direct
Investment
12. Mergers &
Acquisitions
13. IP-Trademark &
Copyright
14. Energy Law
15. Immigration Law
16. Family Law
17. Corporate Law 18. Criminal Law 19. Foreign Investment 20. Legal Due Diligence
1. Litigation and Dispute Resolution 2. Corporate Law 3. Criminal Law 4. Foreign Investment 5. Legal Due Diligence 6.Corporate Governance 7. Banking and Finance 8. International Joint Ventures 9. Foreign Direct Investment 10. Mergers & Acquisition 11. IP- Trademark & Copyright 12. Immigration Law 13. Family Law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali Hindi
09:00 AM- 8:00 PM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Room-139, Bar Association Building, Bangladesh Supreme Court. Dhaka-1000. Tel- +8802-9554098, 9556900.
1. Lex Mundi 2. Martindale Hubbell 3. Chambers & Partners 4.InternationalReferral
ACCORD CHAMBERS – Complete Legal Solutions
Company Name
Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
ACCORD CHAMBERS – Complete Legal Solutions
Managing Partner: Mr. Suhan Khan Barrister-at-law, Lincoln’s Inn, UK. Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Senior Partner: Mr. Mamun Chowdhury Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Navana Shefali (Suite-5/D), House-11, Road-14, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212, BANGLADESH
Direct: +88 01711244627 (Mobile) Landline: +88 02 9861176 Fax: +88 02 9861175 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Accord Chambers is a full service law firm offering complete legal solutions to its domestic and international clients. The firm’s broad spectrum of legal services include the following: 1. Comprehensive solutions for new ventures / foreign direct investments, establishment of businesses or setting up of Branch/Liaison Offices in Bangladesh, including drafting and documentation support as well procurement of regulatory approvals, licenses and clearance from governmental & regulatory authorities; 2. Registration of foreign NGOs with NGO Affairs Bureau and setting-up Bangladesh Office; 3. Corporate Management, professional negotiation, vetting and drafting of local and cross-border contracts;
Accord Chambers has earned its reputation in the following practice areas (in alphabetical order): Arbitration &
Dispute Resolution, Civil & Commercial
litigations; Cross-border
contract negotiation and drafting, including complex EPC & Turn-key Project contracts, BOOT agreements etc.
Employment & labour law,
Energy & Natural Resources;
Foreign investment & Management,
Licensing & Regulatory Compliance,
Land, Property &
4. Vetting and verification of land, property and real estate documents, facilitation of land purchase and sale process with all incidental documentations; 5. Arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards; 6. Litigation and dispute resolution support and representations in admiralty suits, company cases, civil suits, employment and labour law claims, white collar criminal matters.
Real Estate, Merger, Acquisition
& Transactional, share transfer & corporate restructuring,
Private Public Partnership, public procurement & tendering,
Telecommunications & Technology
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British
Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid? Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bangla
Court Hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Chambers consultation: 12:00 PM to 9 PM (excluding Friday and Public Holidays) Available for conference call
Yes, including individuals as well
as U.K. based organizations
No Yes Principal coverage at Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet Division. Court Chamber: Room No. 506 (Annex Extension Building), Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London,
Supreme Court Bar Association,
Dhaka Bar Association,
Taxes Bar Association of Dhaka.
Legal counsels for the American Chamber of
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK)
and email correspondence throughout the day
Other offices: Suite-6, Block-C, Mouchak Market (4th Floor), 39 Shahid Shangbadik Selina Parveen Road, Siddeswari, Dhaka.
Commerce in Bangladesh
Recommended by the Legal 500 as Leading Firm 2018 (Asia Pacific)
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)
Sheepa Hafiza Nina Goswami
7/17, Block: B Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207 Bangladesh.
Tel: 880-2-8100192
880-2-8100195
880-2-8100197
Mobile: +8801714025069
E-mail:[email protected] website: www.citechco.org
Provides legal aid services regarding family matters, dowries, maintenance, divorce, child custody, torture against women and children, sexual harassment, acid violence, force marriage etc.
Specializes in Human rights, women's rights, children's rights and constitutional rights.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali and English
9am to 5pm
Yes - particularly forced marriage cases concerning British Nationals.
Yes - for women and children.
All services are provided without any fee.
Provides legal aid services throughout the whole country. Works together with local partner N.G.O to provide legal aid services outside of Dhaka. N.G.O partners located in: Rajshahi, Satkhira, Tangail, Bogra, Hobigong, Chittagong, Barishal.
Affiliated with N.G.O Bureau, Special consultative status with UNECOSOC. Registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 and Foreign Donations Regulation Ordinance, 1978.
Azurist (London), The Zurist (Dhaka)
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
AZURIST www.a-zurist.com AZURIST is set up in London, to exclusively provide access to legal services for Bangladesh to NRBs, businesses and foreign investors. AZURIST partners with The Zurist in Dhaka to deliver representative services in matters arising in Bangladesh. AZURIST also offers business services to Bangladeshi entities wishing to explore the UK and European markets. THE ZURIST www.thezurist.com
Nabila Rafique Barrister-at-Law Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh K.I.M. Manzur-E-Mawla Barrister-at-Law Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
LONDON OFFICE :
2nd
Floor, 6 Commercial St., London E1 6LP, UK DHAKA OFFICE :
Suite No.5, Akram Tower (7th floor) 15/5 Bijoynagar, Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Swarani, Dhaka-1000. Bangladesh
E : [email protected] T : + 44 (0) 20 3730 3497 M : +44(0)7574782763 (UK) E :[email protected] T : + 88 (0) 283 913 12 M: + 8801842862464 (BD) +44 (0)7940029899 (UK)
Legal Advice Written opinions Civil litigation Criminal litigation Tribunal/Ombudsman Representations Setting up business Corporate due diligence Property due diligence Arbitration Mediation Business negotiations Drafting contracts, MOUS, Will, POA Filing applications
Company Law Commercial and Trade Law Employment Law Compliance Law Regulatory Law Constitutional/Public Law Family Law Succession Law Property/Land Law Investment Law Banking and Remittance Law Public Procurement Law Tax Law Capital Market Regulations Shipping and Admiralty Law Entertainment Law Intellectual Property Law Nationality/Immigration Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Offers Legal Aid or Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali (both mainstream and Sylheti dialect)
AZURIST : 10AM-6PM THE ZURIST: 9AM-8PM
Experience with both British and international clients of Bangladeshi ethnicity.
Bangladesh does not have a nationalised scheme for legal aid. As such Azurist cannot be accredited to offer legal aid. However first consultations could be pro-bono following a means assessment of the client.
SYLHET OFFICE :
178 Court Road, Moulvibazar – 3200, Sylhet, Bangladesh E :[email protected]
Dhaka Bar Association, Dhaka Supreme Court Bar Association, Dhaka Taxes Bar Assoication, Dhaka Moulvibazar Bar Association, Moulvibazar Lincoln’s Inn, UK British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce, UK
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Babgladesh Mahila Parishad
Attention of: Adv. M. Akhter
Legal aid unit, second floor 10 Sufia Kamal bhaban, 10/b/1 Shegunbagicha, Dhaka 1000,
[email protected] Adv. Akhter: +880 1717033642
Family, (violence against women)
Family, (violence against women)
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali
10am – 6pm
Yes
Yes – for female victims of violence
Yes
Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Dhaka.
UN ECOSOC
Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association (BNWLA)
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association (BNWLA)
Adv. Towhida Khondker
Monico Mina Tower, 48/3 - west Agargoan, Sher - e - Banglanagar, Dhaka - 1207
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Mob: 01817533523
Civil and Criminal Law
Specializes in law relating to women & children, DV act 2010, Personal laws, Woman & Children Repression & Prevention Act, Human Trafficking Prevention Act. BNWLA promotes the rights of woman & children.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali and English
9 am – 5 pm
Yes
Yes
BNWLA provides Pro Bono services to all
Associated with lawyers all over Bangladesh
ERGO Legal Counsel
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
ERGO Legal Counsel
Dr. Shahdeen Malik Mobile : 01715016675 01983463698 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
House No. 27, Road No. 13/A, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209
House No. 27, Road No. 13/A, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209 Mobile : 01715016675 01983463698 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Litigation, Counseling and Drafting.
Service, Family matters, Lease and Contracts, Immigration.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali Sylheti Russian
10 am to 10 pm Studied and worked in the UK Has provided legal assistance to British Nationals resident and employed in Bangladesh
Yes Yes No Penal Lawyer of a number of Statutory, Semi-Government and private companies such as Bangladesh Election Commission, Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority, Sylhet Gas Fields Limited,
Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited, ICB Islami Bank Limited, and others. Member, Supreme Court Bar Association. Member of Governing Boards of some organizations including Pubali Bank Limited, Action Aid, Bangladesh, and Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit.
Fox Mandal Associates Bangladesh
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Fox Mandal Associates Bangladesh
1. Barrister Al
Amin Rahman, Partner, FM Associates.
2. Barrister Sabrina Zarin, Partner, FM Associates
Head Office
Premier FM Heights,
1st Floor, House# 88
Road # 10/1, Block-D,
Niketon, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Telephone: +8802-
9853440, 9857879
Hotline: +8801916666566 Cell:+8801713061213 ( Al Amin)
+88 01714328389 (Sabrina) Fax: +88 02 8317797 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.foxmandal.com
Provide services in the following areas of law: o Arbitration o Adoptions o Aviation o Admiralty &
Maritime law o Antitrust &
Antidumping o Banking &
Finance o Capital Markets o Civil Litigation o Civil disputes o Corporate &
Commercial o Dispute
Resolution o Employment &
Labour o Family law o Intellectual
Property o Land Law o Litigation o M & A o PPP o Project Finance
Areas of expertise are: o Civil Litigation o Matromonial and
family related issues
o Adoptions o Property Disputes o Loan
Agreements/Bridge Loan Documents
o Debenture Subscription Agreement
o Debenture Trust Deeds
o Deed of Mortgage/ Creation of Mortgage by deposit of Title Deeds
o Deed of Hypothecation, Guarantee, Promissory Notes, etc
o Share Pledge Agreements
o Deferred Payment Guarantees
o Real Estate & Environmental
o Human Rights o Power o PPP
o Underwriting Contracts
o Escrow Agreements
o Investigation of title of properties offered as security
o Credit Agreements o Inter Creditor
Agreements o Concession
Agreements o BOT Contracts o O&M Agreements o Bidding strategy
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
1. English 2. Bengali
10 am to 7 pm
Saturday to
Thursday.
Yes.
Yes
Yes
Capable of providing services all over Bangladesh and has international offices in India, and the United Kingdom.
1. Member of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
2. Member of the Bar Council
H & H Company
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
H & H Company
MOLLAH REZWANUL HAQUE Advocate/Partner 9552447, 9550705 01911343272
H & H Company Barristers & Advocates 56-57, Motijheel C/A Shareef Mansion (2nd Floor) Dhaka-1000. Bangladesh: E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hnhcompany.com
H & H Company Barristers & Advocates 56-57, Motijheel C/A Shareef Mansion (2nd Floor) Dhaka-1000. Bangladesh: E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hnhcompany.com
Aviation
Banking and finance
Commercial property real estate
Construction
Company matters.
Dispute resolution-litigation and arbitration
Inheritance law
Insurance law
Intellectual property
laws.
Shipping and transport
Aviation
Banking and finance
Commercial property real estate
Construction
Company matters.
Dispute resolution-litigation and arbitration
Inheritance law
Insurance law
Intellectual property
laws.
Shipping and transport
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM (Friday and Saturday Close)
Works with British Airways
N/A
N/A
Chittagong, Khulna, Pabna, Sylhet, Gazipur, Narayanganj.
1. Dhaka Metropolitan Chamber. 2, Asian Patent Attorneys Associates.
Huq and Company
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Huq and Company
Mr.Faheemul Huq, Barrister-at-Law
47/1, Puranapaltan, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh
Tel - +88 01819215443/ FAX - +88 02 9561491/ Email – [email protected]
All legal services
Civil law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali and Hindi
Flexible, available by e-mail 24/7
Yes
Yes
No.
No
No
Junayed Adel and Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided
Specialist Areas
Junayed Adel & Associates (Barristers & Advocates)
Junayed Ahmed Adel Barrister-at-Law
Adel Plaza 6th Floor, Block-A, 1/1 Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Tel: 9122303, Cell: 01713062542,
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Corporate and Commercial Law, Arbitration, Property Law, Family Law, Criminal Law
Criminal Law, Property Law and Family Law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours
Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English & Bengali.
(Also Urdu and Hindi)
10-30 am----5-00 pm
‘’Yes’’
‘’Yes’’
“Yes”
Magistrate Courts, Labour Courts, District Courts, and Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Dhaka Bar Association, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association.
Kamal Hossain and Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates (DKHA)
Ms Sara Hossain Partner Mr Ramzan Ali Sikder Partner Dr Sharif Bhuiyan Partner Mr.AshrafulHadi Partner
Metropolitan Chamber Building (2nd Floor), 122-124 Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000. For further info, pls see: www.khossain.com
T: +8802- 9552946, 9560655, 9564954, 9565259 M: + 88 (0)1712 000325 F: + 8802 –9564953 All Inquiries: E: [email protected] Sara Hossain: [email protected]
Legal Advice Arbitration Litigation
- Admiralty, Arbitration, Aviation, Banking, Constitutional & Administrative, Corporate &Commercial, Employment, Energy, Property, Intellectual Property, Securities and Exchange, Taxation and Revenue (VAT, Excise and Customs) Telecommunication. - General Practice (Family/ Property) - Specialist advice (child abduction/ custody/ forced marriage)
Languages Spoken
Office Hours
Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid? Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other
Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali Hindi
9am -7pm (except Fridays and Saturdays) Out of hours: [email protected]
-Work regularly with UK based law firms and individual lawyers and companies seeking advice on Bangladeshi law and practice - List of UK based Law Firms we have worked with:Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Reed Smith, Eversheds, Slaughter and May, Ince & Co., Holman Fenwick Willan, Trowers&Hamlins, Prettys among others - Also advised British P & I Clubs and other entities in relation to commercial disputes, admiralty and aviation matters. - In general matters, advised British nationals on property and matrimonial disputes, including custody disputes, and forced marriage.
Can make referrals to legal aid organizations, governmental and non-governmental. Some lawyers serve in advisory or management capacities with NGOs providing legal aid.
Yes on certain issues relating to fundamental rights or public interest matters; forced marriage.
National Individual affiliations of Partners /Associates with 1. Dhaka Bar
Association 2. Supreme Court
Bar Association 3. International Law
Association 4. International Bar
Association
Lis and Lex
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Lis & Lex, Barristers and Advocates
Shahwar Nizam Bulbul Ahmed Mahboob Aziz
House-153 (5th Floor), Road-11, Block-E, Banani, Dhaka-1213
Mobile: +88 01718642734, 02-9862510 [email protected] [email protected]
Full service law firm covering advisory, regulatory compliance and litigation support. Company, society and other legal vehicle incorporation, reviewing and drafting legal documents, reviewing land documents, conducting legal due diligence on land, conducting sale and purchase of land, corporate and commercial matters, commercial litigation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisition, joint ventures, equity investments, banking and finance, structured finance, project finance and general corporate matters.
FDI, corporate and commercial, land, banking and finance, company and commercial litigation.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English and Bengali
10.00am to 7.00pm
They have lawyers who have spent considerable time in the UK, studying and working in the UK. The head of the office qualified as a barrister in the UK with full rights of audience in England and Wales, upon completing pupilage at Erskine Chambers, London. Regularly work with British companies working in the region and in Bangladesh in a number of sectors. Worked with London listed companies, undertook litigation in the courts in England, arbitration in London, including LMAA.
No. Lawyers regularly undertake pro-bono work.
Have lawyers based in Chittagong assisting on banking, corporate, land and other matters.
Barrister Mahjabeen Fatima Omar
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Self Employed
Barrister Mahjabeen Fatima Omar
House 153 (5th Floor) Road 11 Block E Banani Dhaka-1213 Bangladesh
01733755991
Family law and counseling on family issues, criminal law
Family law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali English Spoken Hindi and Urdu
Anytime of the day
Worked for White Rylands Solicitors, a solicitor firm in London from 2000t o 2002. Worked human rights, immigration and family matters. Attended family mediation sessions with clients for Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS), UK. Also served as interpreter there. Provided volunteer support to Bangladesh Women's Lawyer’s Association (BNWLA) in rescuing and rehabilitating women and children of different nationality.
Yes, Pro Bono service offered
Lis and Lex Barristers and Advocates 2nd Floor Zenith Tower 40, Kawran Bazar Dhaka1215, Bangladesh
Regents Law Chambers
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Regents Law Chambers Advocates & Barristers
Barrister Nazir Uddin Choudhury Barrister Nuara Choudhury
House No. 81 Road No. 9A Dhanmondi R/A Dhaka 1209
Tel: & Fax: +88 02 9123561 Mobile: + 88 0172 000 3857 E-mail: [email protected]
Litigation and Legal Representation in any Court up to Supreme Court ; Advice ; Documentation; Formation of Company, NGO and related work ; Commissioner for Oaths (England & Wales)
Corporate & Commercial Law, Property Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Solicitor & Commissioner for Oaths (England & Wales)
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali Bengali (Sylheti dialect) Hindi Urdu
10AM –1 PM & 5PM – 8 PM
Has been dealing with British Nationals as a lawyer for more than 7 years on a regular basis.
Only initial consultation
Only initial consultation
Court Chamber: Room no. 5010(Annex) Supreme Court Bar Association Building Dhaka 1000
Solicitor & Commissioner for Oaths (England & Wales)
RIGHTS Chambers
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
RIGHTS chambers
Partners: (1) Md. Anwar Hussain (Barrister-at-Law) (2) Ms Farzana Sharmin Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (3) Md. Nazrul Hussain (Barrister-at-Law)
Saiham Sky View Tower (17th Floor), 45 Bijoy Nagar, Dhaka-1000
Tel: +88 02-9337235 Fax: +88 02-9337236 Mob: +8801733999907 +8801714447698 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
General practices in all areas of law at the Judges’ Court and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
(1) Criminal Law (2) Constitutional
Law (3) Corporate and
Commercial Law
(4) Companies Law (5) Foreign
Investment Law (6) Banking and
Finance Law (7) Immigration
Law and (8) Family Law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English (inc. Native Speaker), Bangla (inc. Sylheti dialect), Hindi and Urdu
10.00am – 08.00pm (Saturday to Thursday)
Yes (most of our
lawyers are British Citizens. They
have also studied and worked in the legal arena of both in Bangladesh and
England
No
Yes
Room No: 109, Annex Extension Building, Supreme Court Bar Association
1. Bangladesh
Bar Council 2. Supreme
Court of Bangladesh
3. The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s
Inn, England 4. Bangladesh
Supreme Court Bar Association
5. Dhaka Bar Association
6. International Bar Association
7. Asian Society of International Law (AsianSil)
Sattar & Co
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Sattar&Co.
Sameer Sattar
Unit E3, House- 1A, Road- 35, Gulsghan-2, Dhaka
Mob: +8801711 432 101 Email: [email protected]
Corporate advisory work and litigation/arbitration
Corporate Arbitration Land Banking Mergers and Acquisition Foreign Investment Joint Ventures Company law Telecom
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali / English
9.30 am to 7.00 pm.
Yes.
No.
No.
Only Dhaka and has contacts in Sylhet.
Advoate Tahmina Akter Hassemi
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Tahmina Akter Hassemi
Self
Chamber – 16/2 Court House Street, Kotwali, Dhaka-1100. House: 732 West Nakhalpara, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215. Mobile: 01711246893, 01969294787 e-mail: [email protected]
Self
1. Civil 2. Criminal
Criminal specially foreigners matters
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
1. Bengali 2. English
9.00 AM to 5.00 PM
1. State vs Singh Patraj 2. State vs Mohona Thus (most recent cases)
Yes
Yes - depending on the client's financial position.
No
1. Dhaka Bar
Association 2. High Court
Bar Association
The Twelve Tables
Company Name
Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
The Twelve Tables (Chambers of Barristers, Advocates & Consultants)
Head of Chambers: Md. Ashraful Islam Khan; Judge (Retired). Partners:
1. Anam Hossain; Barrister-at-Law; Advocate;
2. Arefin Ashraf Khan; Barrister-at-Law; Advocate.
Consultants:
1. Proshanto K. Mukherjee; LLB, LLM ( Dalhousie University, Canada); Ph.D. (University of Wales Swansea); Qualified Barrister and Solicitor (Bar of Ontario); Maritime Expert;
2. Fazlur Chowdhury; Maritime Expert;
3. Fatima Chowdhury; Barrister-at-Law, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Associates:
1. Nusrat Ahmed;
Advocate;
2. Shamima Nasren; Advocate 3. Sabrin Faroque; LLB (Hons)
The Twelve Tables House-129, Road-5, Mohammadia Housing Ltd, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Mobile: 1. +880171417422
7 2. +880184213866
42 3. +880181770080
0 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website/Links: www.thetwelvetables.com
1. Litigation And Dispute Resolution
2. Corporate Law 3. Commercial Law 4. Employment and
Law 5. Foreign
Investment 6. Corporate
Governance 7. Corporate Finance 8. Banking & Finance 9. Investment Funds 10. International Joint
Ventures 11. International Trade 12. Mergers &
Acquisitions 13. IP-Trademark,
Patent, Design & Copyright
14. Immigration Law 15. Family Law
1. Litigation And Dispute Resolution
2. Corporate Law 3. Employment and
Law 4. IP-Trademark,
Patent, Design & Copyright
5. Foreign Investment 6. Legal Due
Diligence 7. Family Law 8. Immigration Law
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English; Bengali; Hindi.
09:00 AM- 8:00 PM Yes Yes Yes House-18/A (Ground Floor), Road-44, Block-CWN (B), Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
CHITTAGONG Orr, Dignam & Co (Honorary Legal Advisor, British High Commission, Dhaka)
Chittagong Office:
Address
Contact Details
Lawyers
Mahmud Villa 7, Abhoy Mitra Lane Feringhee Bazaar, Chittagong.
Phone: 031-614021, 031-632693
Advocate Jasimuddin Ahmed Advocate Liakat Ali Advocate Nazrul Islam Chowdhury
Mahbubul Alam & Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Mahbubul Alam & Associates
Adv.S.M.Tariqul Islam Chisty Adv.Mossamat Meherunnesa Begum Koli.
Chamber: Khalil Chamber(Ground Floor), 1734, Sk.Mujib Road, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Court Chamber Room no-239,(1st floor), Ainjibi Bhaban, Court Hill, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Email: [email protected]
Civil, Criminal, Income tax, Family Division Ex- Elected General Secretary of Chittagong District Bar Association
Mediating in business disputes
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali, English, Urdu, Hindi
9 am to 10 pm
Yes- worked with Resources and Performance, Chief Legal Officer: Kathryn Petit, solicitor, Post point C H 0235,Hertfordshire County Council, County Hall, Herts, SG13 8DE DX: 145781 HERTFORD 4.
Yes
Yes
No
Affiliated to Bangladesh Bar Council and Chittagong District Bar Association
Advocate Abul Hashem & Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Adv. Abul Hashem & Associate
01711903050 324,Ainjibi Bhaban, Court Hill, Chittagong.
Adv. Abul Hashem District Public Prosecutor of Chittagong.
Criminal Cases, Civil Cases.
,
Criminal Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Those in need of
financial aid.
Shahadat Hossain Sirajee - Chittagong Bar Association
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Chittagong Bar Association under Bangladesh Bar Council
Chittagong District Bar Association Tel-031-617472 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web- www.ctgbar.org
Shahadat Hossain Sirajee Advocate Chittagong District Bar Association
Shapla Bhabhan (4th floor), Room-529, Court Hill, Chittagong. Mob.- 01815675141 Email: [email protected]
All Kinds of civil and criminal Law.
Immigration and cases involving refugees, children and women. Bank and corporate matters. Mainly civil and criminal cases.
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali and local languages of Chittagong.
10am to 5pm. yes yes yes yes Bangladesh Bar Council.
COX'S BAZAR Advocate Salahuddin Ahmed - Cox's Bazar Bar Association
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Cox’s Bazar District Bar Association under Bangladesh Bar Council.
Room No- 23, 2nd Floor, Cox’s Bazar Central Moszid Shoping Complex, Court Building Area, Cox’s Bazar.
Permanent Address: Advocate Salahuddin Ahmed, Late of Noor Ahmed, Mazir Kata, Gorzina, Ramu, Cox’s Bazar. Present Address : Room No- 23, 2nd Floor, Cox’s Bazar Central Moszid Shoping Complex, Court Building Area, Cox’s Bazar.
Mobile- 01817-756060 01722-682858 E- Mail- [email protected].
Criminal & Civil law.
Criminal & Civil Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali & English
10.00am to 5.00 pm.
No.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cox’s Bazar District Bar Association & Member of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association.
Advocate Imam Hossen Chowdhury
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Cox's Bazar District & Sessions Judge court
Mobile No. 01717082696
Room no. 02, Bar Extension Building, Cox's Bazar.
Mobile No. 01717082696 Email: advocateim amhossen@gmail. com
Civil and Criminal Law All kinds of criminal cases.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Converage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali, English
10 am to
5 pm
No Yes Yes No Bangladesh Bar council Dhaka.
Advocate Golam Faruk Khan Kaisar
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Cox's Bazar District & Sessions Judge court
Mobile No. 01811900708 (tried several times, couldn’t reach)
Room no. 02, Bar Extension Building, Cox's Bazar.
Mobile No. 01811900708 Email: advocategf khankaisar@gmail. com
Civil and Criminal Law
All kind of criminal cases.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Converage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali English
10 am
to 5 pm
No
Yes
Yes
No
Bangladesh Bar council Dhaka.
Advocate Md. Mustafa - Cox's Bazar Bar Association
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Cox's Bazar District Bar Association
Ad. Md. Mustafa
Extended Room No. 01, Cox's Bazar District Bar Association, Cox's Bazar.
Mob: 01819179071 Email: [email protected]
Criminal and Civil Law
Criminal Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
9am - 5pm
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Bar Council Bangladesh
Advocate Md. Rashed - Cox's Bazar Bar Association
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Cox's Bazaar Bar Association under Bangladesh Bar Council
Cox's Bazaar District Bar Association Tel. 01793444322 Email: [email protected]
Md. Rashed advocate Cox's Bazaar District Bar Association
Chamber no. 1.Annex building Cox's Bazaar Bar Tel. 01793444322 Email: [email protected]
All kinds of civil and criminal Law.
Immigration and cases involving refugees, children and women. Bank and corporate matters. Mainly civil and criminal cases.
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali and local languages in Cox's Bazaar.
10 am to 5 pm. Yes Yes Yes Yes Bangladesh Bar Council
KHULNA Orr, Dignam & Co (Honorary Legal Advisor, British High Commission, Dhaka)
Khulna Office:
Address
Contact Details
Lawyers
3, Fire Brigade Road 9 (ground floor), Khulna- 9100
Phone: 041-720734
Advocate S.N. Saha Advocate Jahangir Ali Babu Advocate Sudeb Kumar Mridha
Adv. Ejazul Hasan
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Ejazul Hasan
01712187227
277, Khanjahan Ali road, Khulna, Bangladesh
Mob:01712187227
Civil and criminal cases. Consultation.
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Hindi, Bengali
10am-4pm,7pm-9pm
yes
yes
yes
All districts in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Supreme Court
Advocate S. K. Masud Hassain Rony & Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Adv. S K Masud Hassain Rony & Associates
01711308828
Room no:201,khulna district bar association building, judge's court Khulna, Bangladesh.
01711308828
Criminal Law and Consultation
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English, Bengali
10am-3pm
nil
yes
yes
office in Khulna
District Bar Associations across Bangladesh
Advocate Sheikh Abdul Aziz
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Advocate Sheikh Abdul Aziz
Advocate, Judges Court, Khulna Chamber: 25 K D Ghosh Road, Khulna
Mob: +880 1712515294/ 1670718013
Civil Law Practitioner Legal Advisor, Sundarban Forest Division; President, Bangladesh Legal Aid Service and Trust (BLAST); Coordinator, Jatio Aingata Sahaja Shahgata, Khulna.
Advocate M. Mokhlesur Rahman
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Advocate M. Mokhlesur Rahman
Advocate, Judges Court, Khulna Chamber: 60 B K Main Road (East), Khulna
Tel: +880 41-721053 Mob: +880 1711390497
Civil, Labour & Criminal Law Practitioner
Advocate Md. Abdus Samad
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Advocate Md. Abdus Samad
Advocate, Judges Court, Khulna Chamber: 245 Hazi Ismail Road, Sheikhpara, P.S. – Sonadanga, Khulna
Tel: +880 41-724623 Mob: +880 1711482790
Company Law Practitioner & Notary Public
SYLHET
Bangladesh National Women’s Lawyers Association (BNWLA)
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Bangladesh National Women’s Lawyers Association (BNWLA)
Adv.Jakiya Jalal Mob:01712716775
Bar Hall no-2, Judges Court, Sylhet.
Mob:01711941406 E-mail [email protected]
Legal Counseling & Legal Aid
Cases related to Women and Children
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali & English 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Worked on Forced Marriage project funded by British High Commission in 2005-2007.
Yes. Yes Sylhet Division Bangladesh Bar Council, Dhaka & District Bar Association, Sylhet.
AZAD & ASSOCIATES
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist
Areas AZAD & ASSOCIATES (SYLHET) (An International Veteran Legal Service And Consulting Firm)
Mr. Chowdhury Ataur Rahman Azad (Advocate, Supreme Court Of Bangladesh) Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner Head Of Chambers
Head Office: House Number – 25 (Asia Garden), Road Number- 4, Block- J Shahjalal Uposhahar Sylhet-3100 Sylhet Court Office: Room No- 6, Bar Hall No- 2, District Judges’s Court Sylhet-3100.
TEL: +88-0821-713258/ 813928 MOB: +8801711920186 FAX: +88 0821 2831729 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.azadandassociates.com
-All Civil Matter -All Criminal Matter -All Property Matter -All Family Matter -All Tax Matter
All Civil Matter.
Languages
Spoken
Office Hours Experience
with
British
Nationals?
Provides Legal
Aid?
Offers Pro-
Bono
Service?
Coverage; Other
Offices
Affiliations
Bangla (Mother Tongue), English (British & American) & Arabic
Morning: 9 A.M. To 5.00 P.M. Evening/Night: 8 P.M. To 10 P.M. (By Prior Appointment Only)
My Law Firm Azad & Associates (Sylhet) Has Assisted With Legal Advice & Legal Services To Many British Citizens & British Nationals. Also, I Have Given Legal Services To
Yes My Law Firm Azad & Associates (Sylhet) Does Provide Legal Aid.
Same as Legal Aid
Currently In Negotiation. Talks For Agreement To Set Up Law Firm Office In U.K. & U.S.A. Also Workings Of My Asscociates, Of Counsels & Other Partners Abroad & Overseas With Foreign
(1) Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Dhaka. (2) Bangladesh Company Law Practitioners Society Dhaka. (3) Dhaka Taxes Bar Association, Dhaka.
Various Projects & International Companies.
Qualifications
(4) District Bar Association Sylhet. (5) District Taxes Bar Association Sylhet. (6) Moulvi Bazar District Advocate Bar Association.
Advocate Prasun Kanti Dey
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Prasun Kanti Dey
Tapos Bandhu Das
73/B Puspayan, Senpara, Shibganj, Post Office Sylhet District Sylhet 3100
Prasun Kanti Dey Mob: 01552426062 Email: [email protected] Tapos Bandhu Das: Mob: 01199567246 Email: [email protected]
Civil Litigations
Land Dispute
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali English
7pm - 10pm (BD time)
Yes for consultations
Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam
Mob: +8801711352996 Home: +880821715402 Mohammad Monir Uddin: +8801712623292
B-08, Noyapara, Lamapara, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
Room 409, Hall 02, 3rd Floor, District Bar Association, Sylhet, 3100 Email: [email protected]
Legal Service in Sylhet District
Criminal Jurisdiction
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
10am - 4pm at the District Bar 6pm - 10pm at House B-08, Noyapara, Lamapara, Sylhet,
Attended seminars and view exchange meetings organized by the British High Commission in Sylhet
Will refer deserving people to Legal Aid committee in Sylhet, headed by District Judge
Same as Legal Aid
No
Bangladesh Bar Council, Supreme Court Premises, Dhaka and Sylhet District Bar Association, Sylhet
The Sylhet Law Chamber
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Mr Bandhu Gopal Das The Sylhet Law Chamber
Mr Bandhu Gopal Das
The Sylhet Law Chamber. Bandhu Kuthir., Post and Dist. Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh. Working address: Bar Hall No. 2, Room 7 (1st Floor), Sylhet District, Judges Court, Sylhet, 3100
Phone: +880821716632 Mob: +8801712973984 Email: [email protected]
- Civil Law - Criminal Law - Land Law - Survey and Commission - Income Tax and Audit - Land Purchase and Sale - Overseas Correspondences
As under 'Services Provided'
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali English Some Hindi
Court Hours (9:30am - 4pm) Office Hours (5pm - 8:30pm)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Greater Sylhet, Dhaka, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bar Council enlisted
HABIGANJ (SYLHET DIVISION) Md Afraz Uddin Afgan Chowdhury
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Md Afraz Uddin Afgan Chowdhury Former Public Prosecutor.
Mobile # 01712039354 e-mail # [email protected] [email protected]
MdAfraz Uddin Afgan Chowdhury (Advocate) Press club road, Apan Nibash, Habigonj.3360
Mobile # 01712039354 e-mail # [email protected] [email protected]
Advocacy. Habiganj District. Practicing Criminal Law.
Languages Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English & Bengali
10:00 Am to 2:00 Pm
Member of student action committee in England working with British MPs.
Yes Yes No Member and former President of Bar Council Habigonj
Advocate Dewan Md. Masud Choudhury
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Dewan Md. Masud Choudhury Advocate
Pinku Das, Advocate's Assistant Mob: 01712767187
Dewan Md. Masud Choudhury Advocate, Ex P.P. Mohila College Road, Rajnagar, Hobigonj, Hobigonj District.
Mob: 01556352353
1) In court of Session 2) In Anti-Corruption Courts 3)In crimes against women and children 4) Special Power Act Courts
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Dewan Md. Masud Choudhury speaks English and Bengali
9am - 2pm
Under the Criminal Procedure Code
Debangshu Dasgupta
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Debangshu Dasgupta
Badal Paul, office clerk.
Umesh Bhawan, Old Hospital Road, Habiganj 3300
cell- +88-01817-526694, e-mail- [email protected]
Civil court of Habiganj district's judge's Court.
Specialises in land related disputes and family matters.
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali (Sylheti dialect and Bangla)
Every Sunday to Saturday at 9am to 5pm.
Some experience
Yes
Yes
Hobigonj District
Serving as Government lawyer for 6 years.
A. K. S. M. Muzammal Haque
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
A.K.S.M.Muzammal Haque
Shyamal Chandra Sutradhar - office clerk
C/O. Late Abdul Haque, Advocate, 5341 Kabarsthan Road, Rajnagar R/a, Habiganj - 3300, BANGLDESH
Cell- +88-01711278584, Email- [email protected]
Has been practicing in the civil and revenue courts of Habiganj District for 11/12 years. Generally, deals with civil cases; land related disputes, family matters.
Family matters, Revenue, Succession, Land dispute
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali (Sylheti dialect and Bangla)
Every Sunday to Saturday, 9.00 am to 5.00pm in the courts of Habiganj District. Available in his personal office chamber from 7.00pm to 9.00pm every day
Yes
Yes
Hobigonj District
Serving as a Notary Public
Khan & Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Khan & Associates
Akikuzzaman Khan
Shapla-54, Sobuzbag, R/A,Habiganj.
Mobile:+8801552416703. Email:[email protected]
Criminal Law
Criminal law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali (Sylheti dialect and Bangla)
7AM-10AM & 7PM-10PM.
No
No
No
Hobigonj District
Supreme Court Of Bangladesh. BRAC Bank Ltd Pubali Bank Ltd
Talukdar Law Firm
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Talukdar Law Firm Md. Nurul Islam Talukdar
Md. Nurul Islam Talukdar Mob: 01711459976 Masuda Begum Chowdhury Mob: 01712302358
Holding No. 7148 Poil Road Shaistanagar R/A Habiganj
Mob: 01711459976 Email: [email protected] Skype: tawcul GG: 2796173431
All kinds of Law
Civil (Land Litigation) and Criminal Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
9am - 5pm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hobigonj District
Bangladesh Bar Council
MOULVIBAZAR (SYLHET DIVISION) Abdul Muhaimin Chowdhury
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Abdul Muhaimin Chowdhury Advocate: High Court Division (Supreme Court)
65 Muslim Quarter, Moulvibazar, 3200
Office: 0861 52228 (rang but unreachable) Home: 0861 52217 Mob: 01711135506 Email: [email protected]
Civil and Criminal Law
Civil and Criminal Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
Sunday to Thursday 10am-4pm (Hall No. 1, Advocate BAR, Moulvibazar District Judge Court 6pm - 10pm (65 Muslim Quarter, Moulvibazar)
Yes
Yes
No
Railway Advocate Advocate, Labour Court, (Chittagong/Dhaka) Advocate High Court Division (Supreme Court)
Kamrel Ahmed Chowdhury
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
K Chowdhury and Associates
01712 249341
Soleman Vila 338 Girja Para Moulvibazar
Advocate Kamrel Ahmed Chowdhury Bar Association Moulvibazar 1 no Bar Bhavan Moulvibazar
Criminal and Civil Law
Criminal and Civil Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali English
10 am - 5 pm
No
Moulvibazar
Advocate Kishori Pada Deb
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
LAW CHAMBER
Ad. Kishori Pada Deb
Ad. Kishori Pada Deb
Forest office Road, (Near Luknath Mondir), Moulvibazar Town -3200 Post & District, Moulvibazar Bangladesh. 01711-406678, 01611406678
Telephone Number – 01711406678 01611406678 Email- [email protected]
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Languages Spoken
office Hours Experience with British Nationals
Provides Legal Aid
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali, English Hindi .
10A.M--4 P.M
Yes
Provides legal aids as needed, Member of the Government legal Aid Service.
Yes.
Moulvibazar
1. Legal aid of Bangladesh Government Moulvibazar. 2.Bangladesh Human Rights Commission Dhaka. 3. Bangladesh Human Rights Commission Sylhet. 4, Bangladesh Human Rights Commission London .
Advocate Delwar Hossain
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Ad. Delwar Hossain
Ad. Delwar Hossain
Ad. Delwar Hossain “CHANDREEMA” 233/5 Circuit House Area, Moulvibazar - 3200.
Cell Phone : 01711-983245. Email : [email protected]
Civil & Criminal Law
Civil Law.
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
Bengali & English
9.00 AM to 4.00PM
No
No
Yes
Moulvibazar
Panel Lawyer
1) Karmasangsthan Bank of Moulvibazar District. 2) Human Rights and Legal Aid Services Programme, BRAC, Moulvibazar District. 3) Legal and Compliance Department, BRAC, Moulvibazar District.
Niyamul & Associates
Company name Contacts Address Contacts details
Services provided Specialist Area
Niyamul & Associates
1. ASM Azadur Rahman (Advocate) 2. Niyamul Haq (Advocate) 01711396671 01717-490880
Shakura Market (Near Court Mosque), 1st floor, Room No.15-16, Court Road Moulvibazar, Bangladesh.
Tel-0861-64069 [email protected]
(1) Criminal litigation. (2) Land and Property (3) Company matters. (4) Taxation including
Income Tax, VAT and Customs.
(5) Banking; Finance and Insurance
(6) Immigration legal Matters.
(7) Contracts including Government Contracts
(8) Partnership. (9) Marital matters. (10) Intellectual Property;
Trademarks, Patents; Copyright and Design.
(11) Labour and Employment. (12) And also any others legal
services. (13) Professional Liability. (14) Administrative and
Constitutional Law
(1) Criminal litigation. (2) Land and Property (3) Company matters. (4) Taxation including
Income Tax, VAT and Customs.
(5) Banking; Finance and Insurance
(6) Immigration legal matters.
(7) Contracts including Government Contracts
(8) Marital matters. (9) Labour and
Employment.
Languages Spoken Office hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aids?
Officer’s pro-bono
service?
Coverage others offices Affiliations
Bengali and English
9:30 AM -5.00 AM
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Roma Kanta Gupta
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Roma Kanta Gupta
Bar no -01, Judge Court, Moulvibazar. 68,Girja para, Moulvibazar-3200
Mob: +880 1711-906432 Email: [email protected]
Civil Law (Family)
Supta Gupta
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Supta Gupta
Bar no -01, Judge Court, Moulvibazar. Maya Villa, 77 Girja para, Moulvibazar-3200.
Tel:+880 861-61417 Mob: +880 1712-887524 Email: [email protected]
Civil Law (Family)
Salma Akter
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Salma Akter
Begum Mamtaz Mahal, Bharaura Road, Uttara R/A Srimongal, Moulvibazar- 3200
Mob: +880 1712-165188
Civil Law (Family)
SUNAMGANJ (SYLHET DIVISION) Syed Shayek Ahmed and Associates
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Syed Shayek Ahmed and Associates
Mob: 01712656731
18/1 Hazipara, PO and PS District - Sunamganj
Mob: 01712656731 Email: [email protected]
Legal Aid, Civil and Criminal Cases, Notary Public
Criminal Law
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
10am - 4pm
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Advocate Syed Fowadul Jowad
Company Name Contacts Address
Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
SYED FOWADUL JOWAD ADVOCATE KAMIL, B.A., LL.B.
TEL: 088-0871-61160 MOB: 01912180839 01722667782 E-MAIL: [email protected]
Residence & Office: 130-131 NILOY R/A NATUNPARA (WEST) SUNAMGONJ BANGLADESH
SYED FOWADUL JOWAD ADVOCATE 130-131 NILOY R/A NATUNPARA(WEST) SUNAMGONJ BANGLADESH. MOB: 01912180839 01722667782
Land Disputes, Property Law, Human Rights, Notary Public, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Contract Law, Arbitration, Immigration Law, Bank Loan Law.
Civil Rights and Personal Law. (Land, Property, Inheritance and Family Court etc.)
Language Spoken
Office Hours Experience with British Nationals
Provides Legal Aid Offers Pro-Bono Service
Coverage; Other Offices Affiliations
Bengali English Urdu Arabic
8am-2pm (Sun-Thurs) 4pm-9pm (Sat-Wed) Bangladesh Time
Yes
Yes in some cases
Yes Short consultation over Mobile/ Telephone.
Links to government and financial offices in the District
Advocate of Bangladesh Bar Council, Dhaka and Member of District Bar Association, Sunamgonj and Sylhet
Mrs. Naznin Begum
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Mrs. Naznin Begum District Bar Sunamgan
01717133716 Judge Court, Sunamganj
Mrs. Naznin Begum Ayon-29, Arpinnagar, Puraton Bus Station, Sunamganj
01717133716 [email protected]
Lawyer, Judge Court, Sunamganj District
Sunamganj District
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
9:30am - 4:30pm
No
Panel lawyer - Legal Aid, Sunamganj. Judge Court, Sunamganj
Yes
1) Panel Lawyer of Janata Bank Ltd. Sunamganj Branch 2) Member of Transparency International Bangladesh, Sunamganj, (T.I.B) 3) Fundamentals of mediation training from British Council in Sylhet
Bangladesh Bar Council, Ramna, Dhaka
Advocate Satyabrata Roy
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Advocate Satyabrata Roy District Bar Association, Sunamganj
Tel: 087162685 Mob: 01716985375 Judge Court Sunamganj
Advocate Satyabrata Roy Nirjhor-6, Muktarpara, Sunamganj
Tel: 087162685 Mob: 01716985375
Lawyer, Judge Court, Sunamganj District
Sunamganj District
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali
9:30am - 4:30pm
No
Yes
District Council Sunamganj
Bangladesh Bar Council, Ramna, Dhaka
Alhaz Md. Mortuza Ali
Company Name Contacts Address Contact Details Services Provided Specialist Areas
Advocate Alhaz Md. Mortuza Ali District Bar, Sunamgonj
Mob: 01731 340886
40 Udayan Bilpar Sulloghor Sunamganj
40 Udayan Bilpar Sulloghor Sunamganj
Civil Law (Family, Land Dispute, Human Rights, Notary Public)
Languages Spoken Office Hours Experience with British Nationals?
Provides Legal Aid?
Offers Pro-Bono Service?
Coverage; Other Offices
Affiliations
English Bengali Urdu
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Yes
Yes. Member of the District Legal Aid Service
Sunamganj
Sunamganj Bar Association
Swapan Kumar Das
Company Name Address Contacts Services Provided
Swapan Kumar Das Roy
Judge’s court, Sunamgonj
Ukilpara, Sunamgonj.
Tel: +880 871-62751 Mob: +880 1712578109
Civil Law (Family, Land Dispute, Human Rights, Notary Public)
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