PROFILE

OF

The Jurist BD

INTRODUCTION

Legal profession is a highly demanding and competitive profession where both learning and skill matters. Success largely depends on the efficiency of partners, legal associates and members of staff. The ability to realize clients’ needs and deliver services which meet and, where possible, exceed their expectations is important for the strength of legal profession. It is this ability which contributed to the success of legal professionals in the past.

The Jurist BD is an association of young, energetic and skilled lawyers who have capacity to perform substantial law practice, handling all sorts of business and corporate matters. Its lawyers operate with the commitment to make their client’s deals work. The Jurist BD renders a full range of legal services.

The Jurist BD consists of lawyers possessing diverse expertise in the legal field especially in Banking & Finance, Telecommunication, Investment, Company Matters, Corporate Law, Security Management, Family Matters, Real Estate Matters, Labor Law, Land Law, Risk Management and in litigation.

FEATURES

The Jurist BD daily working practices center on a well-worked and refined methodology, designed to deliver standard services and maintain professional standards. As a firm The Jurist BD recognizes that despite its rigorous procedures, it can not be complacent about the quality of its services and to that end the lawyers are exerting themselves towards the betterment of their standards of their services to the clientele. The Jurist BD is now actively working towards working with its lawyers & staffs to improve their quality. The Jurist BD aim is to provide its clients and staff with a lasting confidence and belief in the capabilities of the firm and the manner in which it deliver legal services.

EFFICIENCY

The Jurist BD believes that its future depends on maintaining the caliber, the experience and enthusiasm of its members and their integrity, effectiveness, sound judgments and discretion with which they conduct the clients’ affairs. The client has one partner and one legal associate as a ready point of contact through which his requirements can be managed, and services coordinated. The lawyers in the firm aim to be positive and constructive. We use a flexible commercial approach tailored to meet each client’ particular business needs. This gives rise to close working relationship between the client and the lawyers.

APPROACH TO CLIENTS

Cost awareness is very much a central element of The Jurist BD ethos. In maximizing value for clients, it focuses on identifying the right solution to fulfill both the immediate and long term objectives. When it comes to fees and billing, The Jurist BD is committed to be as open as possible, with a comprehensive costing structure in advance, and regular financial statements to ensure that its clients are always aware of the costs incurred.

AREA OF WORK

The Jurist BD through its efficient counsels serves in the following areas of the legal field:

• Civil Litigations
• Criminal Litigations
• Writs
• Company and commercial matters
• Service Law
• Arbitration
• Admiralty Matters
• Vetting
• Document verification
• Artha Rin Matters
•  International Trade
• Administrative Law
• Banking and Financial disputes
• Immigration
• Taxation
• Custom, Excise and VAT
• Family matters

Conducted many civil and criminal cases in different Courts of District and Session Judges and Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates since 2012.

Have wide and long experience in dealing with matters regarding Company matters, Admiralty cases, Arbitrational, land transfer at Registry Office; Company registration, share transfer, filing return etc. at the office of RJSC, income tax matters, BOI registration, Trade Marks, Patent and Design, Land disputes, Artha Rin Cases, Family matters, Company matters etc.

Worked for many government institutions, corporation, nationalized and private banks in Bangladesh.

Conducted suits for few international banks.

Regular appearance in all Sub-ordinate Courts, Administrative Tribunals, Land Appeal Tribunal, Bankruptcy Court, Labor Courts, and Company matters, Admiralty, Arbitration, Civil, Criminal Cases.

Founder Chairman:

Asraful Alam (Shishir)

LL.B (Hon’s), LL.M

Advocate

Judge Court, Dhaka

Office Address            :

The Jurist BD

Dhaka Bar Association,

6-7, Court House Street,

Annex Building-2, Room No-1003 (Ground Floor),

Kotwali, Dhaka-1100.

Phone: +88-02-9511664

Cell:  01711-445725

E-mail: bdthejurist@gmail.com