Mr Shajib Mahmood Alam > Bangladesh Law Partners | BDLP > Dhaka, Bangladesh > Lawyer Profile

Bangladesh Law Partners | BDLP
2nd Floor, House 429, Road 7
Baridhara DOHS
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Shajib Mahmood Alam photo

Work Department

Corporate, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Barrister Alam was admitted to the bar of England & Wales and is also an enrolled advocate of Bangladesh Bar Council and is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. His legal career started during his undergraduate years at Brighton, Sussex, UK when he started volunteering for Impetus (a not-for-profit) charity. At Impetus, Mr. Alam assisted vulnerable individuals who had become involved in the criminal justice system. Later, he continued his volunteering work at The Advice Clinic run by the City Law School.

Barrister Alam has been described as a  “trusted advisor”, “excellent lawyer”, “motivator” and as having a “hardworking attitude” by several of his clients. Chambers Partners rank him as an up-and-coming lawyer and he is also a Legal500 recommended lawyer. He also led his firm to be ranked in the IFLR1000 and AsiaLaw reviews. He masters an approachable personality and cares about his clients. Clients also describe him as  top-notch lawyer with years of practical experience and comes up with really fast solutions to complex problems. At BDLP, the lawyers work under his leadership to serve its clientele and to bring justice to the ones who need it the most.

Languages

Bangla, English

Lawyer Rankings

Bangladesh > Dispute resolution

Managing partner Shajib Mahmood Alam and advocate Md Rafinur Rahman head up Bangladesh Law Partners | BDLP‘s team in Dhaka. The group handles a range of disputes, but predominately handles corporate and civil disputes. This incorporates arbitrations, enforcement procedures, civil suits of all types, and money recovery suits. Alam is a key contact for arbitration matters. More broadly, the group is closely linked to the firm’s family and divorce team and handles all kinds of family law-related disputes.

Bangladesh > Banking and finance

At Bangladesh Law Partners | BDLP, ‘knowledgeable and approachable’ group head Shajib Mahmood Alam utilises his skills as ‘a master problem solver‘ to assist clients with banking and finance matters and as a qualified barrister in Bangladesh. The team as a whole is lauded as ‘a diverse group of lawyers who have a strong local presence’, and the group counts large companies, start-ups, and mid-size companies in the country within its client roster. Md Rafinur Rahman is also a standout trial lawyer in the team, and often appears in court.