Legal Counsel

Headed by the Managing Partner and Head of Chambers, Barrister Omar H. Khan and co-founded by Partner Barrister Miti Sanjana in the year 2009, Legal Counsel is one of the leading law chambers in Bangladesh, with group of fifteen extraordinary, handpicked lawyers and 4 off-counsels, all with variety of distinct expertise across a large spectrum of laws, allowing it to be a full-service corporate law firm with strong holds in both legal advisory services and court proceedings. Uniquely supported by its Strategic Partner, Barrister Moshfeque Rizvi and Chief Executive Lawyer, Barrister Rabiya Jahan Firoz, it has spread great reputation not only within the country, but their clients also cover a wide horizon of sectors, with their head-quarters based in over 27 countries in 6 continents. Legal Counsel has allied law firms in 16 countries. In Bangladesh, its main office is located at the heart of Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh, while it has a branch at the port city of Chattogram, which is also known as the commercial capital of land. Having access and presence at almost all District Courts across the country and providing services in both piece-meal basis and retainership mode, Legal Counsel offers one-stop solution to its clients.

The Chattogram office of Legal Counsel also serves as the only Japan Desk in Bangladesh, which allows Japanese investors and prospects and also Japanese expats seek holistic legal services. What distinguishes Legal Counsel from many is their commitment to Pro-Bono works. Through publications in the leading English newspapers such as The Daily Star and Dhaka Tribune and Bangla newspapers such as ProthomAlo, Ittefaq, both the Partners and the Associates mandatorily and enthusiastically dedicate 20 hours a week combined to provide free legal advice to common public who pose their daily life’s legal issues to those newspapers. In addition, Barrister Miti Sanjana, as a Human Rights Activist, passionately devotes a large amount of time to attending Talk Shows and Interviews in leading TV Channels appearing as guest speaker to contribute to important topics relating to laws and rights of citizens and other social and world affairs. Legal Counsel’s website contains an array of links to such publications and TV appearances, which in turn are helpful and educative for those who seek knowledge and law related information online.

With a view to compile some of the crucial legal advice given by Barrister Omar over decades in the dailies on the day-to-day legal queries from lay persons, Legal Counsel published ‘The Legal Stories of Life’ in 2018 and plans to publish more editions of the same along with other compilations. Further to such Pro-Bono activities, Legal Counsel sends to its select clientele, quarterly News Bulletin containing vital legal updates and other relevant and essential legal knowledge. Legal Counsel is the proud publisher of its ‘Quest Series’ of Booklets published regularly with a view to impart focused knowledge on laws to the educated youth and certain community. As much as Bangladeshis find these useful, these are highly regarded by foreign clients, as they find a key-facts and laws to begin their expat journey in Bangladesh.

Firm’s Mission, Vision and Values

Legal Counsel’s focus is to be synonymous with professionalism, excellence, reliability, integrity and promptness. Its motto is to advise from the onset, to design with the aim of perfection and negating scope for disputes; to mitigate with a view to avoid dispute; to resolve outside court with passion, should one occur; to litigate with tenacity, if it reaches the court. Its mission is to let its clients take the driving seat, by empowering them to make intelligent and informed decisions. Its committed and resourceful pool of lawyers are dedicated to passionately deliver the level and quality of services that we envision, with the values that make Legal Counsel what it is.

·Commercial Law

·Contracts Law

·Competition and Consumer Laws

·Corporate and Company Law

·Development sector Laws

·Foreign Investments (FDI)

·International Law and Conflict of Law

·ICT and Telecom Laws

·Intellectual Property Laws

·Labour and Employment law

·Land and Property Law

·Energy and Petroleum Law

·Securities Law

·Taxation- Corporate and Individual

Other Areas

·Family Law

·Gender and Anti-Discrimination Laws

·Anti- Harassment and Human Rights

·Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Mediation and Arbitration

·Commercial Negotiation

·Litigation

Para-Legal Services

·Employee Payroll Management

·Corporate Trainings

·Company Secretarial Services

·Local Investigation and Due Diligence

Some of the Firm’s Institutional Clients

Foreign Mission: Embassy of the United States of America| Canadian High Commission| Nordic Embassies| Embassy of Switzerland | Delegation of the European Union| Australian High Commission

FMCG: Unilever | Nestle | Coca-Cola | Pepsico | Nestle | BAT

INGOs: BRAC | Save the Children International |CARE | Oxfam GB | PLAN

Aviation & Airlines: Cathay Pacific | DragonAir

Banks & Financial Institution: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ | KfW Development Bank, Germany | State Bank of India| Western Union

Oil, Gas & Energy: Premier LP Gas Limited (TOTALGAZ) | Weatherford Products and Equipment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Marubeni Asia Power Ltd. |Ashuganj Power Station Company Ltd.

Consumer Products/Services: Bangladesh Honda Private Limited | DHL | Global Upside India Pvt Ltd.| Nippon Air Conditional Services Co Ltd. | BRAC enterprises (Aarong, Brac Dairy etc.)

Shipping & Freight Forwarding & Related: Maersk Bangladesh Limited | DAMCO | DSV Air & Sea Ltd.| Saif Powertec Limited

Software & ICT: Accenture Communication Infrastructure Solutions Ltd. | Bangladesh Association Software & Information Services (BASIS) | Devotech Technology Park Limited | ORBITAX Bangladesh

Telecom: Grameenphone Limited | Robi Axiata Ltd | Bangladesh Communication Equipment Co. Ltd (OPPO Bangladesh) | AT & T, USA

Other Organizations: The Aga Khan Academy | Sumitomo Corporation Asia Pte. Ltd. | Nordic Chambers of Commerce & Industries (NCCI) | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. | British Council, Dhaka | JICA | JETRO | International Committee of the Red Cross

Dhaka Office:

Momtaz Vision, (Suite B-4, Level-2), House 11/A, Road: 99

Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

Tel:+880-2-8835174, +880-2-8835175, +880-2-8835176, Fax: +880-2-8835176

Chattogram Office:

World Trade Centre (Suite- 4, Level-3)

102-103 Agrabad C/A

Chattogram - 4100, Bangladesh.

Tel: +880 9678677688

www.legalcounselbd.com