Rahman & Rabbi Legal

Rahman & Rabbi Legal, based in Dhaka focuses on representing clients with cases involving arbitration, business law, banking and finance, corporate finance, employment and labour law, energy laws, merger and acquisitions, securities, telecommunications law, property and trust litigation. Md. Monzur Rabbi, Barrister-at-Law (Lincolns Inn, UK), Barrister of the Bar of England and Wales, and also an Advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is currently functioning as the Senior Partner and Head of Chambers of Rahman & Rabbi Legal. He is presently a Doctoral Researcher (DPhil in Law) at the University of Oxford (January 2025–Present).

He is a legal professional with over fifteen years of experience and his Areas of expertise include International Arbitration Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution including Negotiation and International Mediation, Commercial, Corporate, Telecommunications, Banking and Finance, Aviation, Power and Energy, Merger & Acquisitions, Shipping Law, International Trade and Public International Law, among others. He is an international arbitration lawyer with specialisation in international commercial and investment arbitration. Mr. Rabbi holds law degrees from Bangladesh, United Kingdom and United States of America. Upon receiving the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship from the Government of USA, he pursued an LL.M. in International Arbitration at the University of Miami School of Law, Florida, USA. He is the first—and so far, the only—lawyer from Bangladesh to have received this fully funded scholarship, awarded by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship Board and administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He was a consultant at German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) at the project ‘Corruption Prevention Working Group’, GTZ Dhaka Office, Bangladesh. He previously worked with A Hossain & Associates, the Chambers of Mr. Ajmalul Hossain KC. He previously worked in a number of national and international arbitrations and he has the experience of appearing before international commercial arbitral tribunals. On top of that, being invited by the University of Oxford, UK, Mr. Rabbi sat as a Judge at the International Round of the 10th annual Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Programme held at the University of Oxford, UK in April 2017. He has already internationally published on different aspects of law and economics. He is also a Franklin Member of London Journals Press, UK. He has already internationally published on different aspects of law and economics. He is a general member of the American Bar Association and also the Australian Mediation Association.

This set has been founded by Mr Md Mahbubor Rahman, a retired district judge and also an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Mr Rahman has more than 40 years of legal experience as a judge and an advocate and he is currently functioning as the advising partner of the chambers. Since its founding in January 2016, Rahman & Rabbi Legal has represented clients ranging from private individuals to small businesses and large corporations. The chambers includes barristers and advocates highly experienced in corporate-legal matters.

Rahman & Rabbi Legal delivers timely and cost-effective solutions in contracts and transactions with an emphasis on thorough investigation and meticulous planning. Where possible, client matters are concluded without litigation. If this is not possible, the client comes first and the chambers will aggressively defend the rights and interests of clients in negotiations, trials and appeals. With the same tenacity and dedication, land transactions services are extended to business clients, individuals or families.

While much of the practice focuses on establishing, operating and growing successful businesses, Rahman & Rabbi Legal also understands that their clients have personal legal needs as well. The set values the trust clients place in it and works hard to provide solid and effective representation to meet those diverse legal needs. With a foundation built on longstanding relationships with their clients, the set offers personalised service and accessibility, attention to detail, and consistently favourable outcomes. At Rahman & Rabbi Legal, the client always comes first.

The team advises on a broad range of works including:

• Regulatory and compliance matters, including advising on the licensing regime in Bangladesh and establishing a business presence.
• Banking and finance matters and advising on other financing transactions.
• Corporate finance transactions such as IPOs, secondary listing of securities, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) and other business trusts.
• Corporate-legal matters and commercial transactions including shipping law.
• Mergers and acquisitions, investments, private equity and venture fund matters.
• Cross-border dispute resolutions, including litigation, advising on white-collar crime and arbitration under both ICC and SIAC Rules and this
  endeavour focuses on energy and telecom sectors specifically.
• Real estate transactions, including conveyancing of commercial, industrial and
  residential properties.
• Establishing investment funds, including legal advice on seeking licenses from
  the Board of Investment (BOI).

Law Chambers
Suite 1206, SEL Rose-N-Dale
116 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Eskaton, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
T: +88 02 41030775, F: +88 02 41030775
[email protected]
www.randrl.com