MOHAMMED MUTAHAR HOSSAIN
Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn,Â
Advocate, in the Hon’ble Appellate & High Court Division
Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Specialization
Employment Law; Labour Law; Motor Vehicle Law; Banking & Finance Law; Law of Contract, Company Law; Administrative Law; Law of Arbitration; Criminal Law; Commercial Law; Law of International Trade; Law of Tort; Law of Intellectual Property; Law of Income Tax, Customs & VAT; Merger & Acquisitions; Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law; Law of Telecommunication, Constitutional Law.
Qualifications
Advocate, (Appellate & High Court Division)
Supreme Court of Banglades
Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UKÂ
Post Graduate Diploma In Law (PGDL) in Professional & Legal Practice, City University, London, UK.
LL.B (Honours), University of London, UK.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Bar Vocational Course of the Bar of England & Wales.
Bar Vocational Course training by the Legal Education Training Institute (LETI), under the supervision of Bangladesh Bar Council.
MEMBERSHIP & AFFILIATION
Member, Supreme Court Bar Association, Bangladesh
Member, Dhaka Bar Association
Member, Bangladesh Bar Council
Member, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK.
POSITIONS
Partner, Hossain & Khan Associates
Former Senior Lecturer, London College of Legal Studies (LCLS)
NOTABLE EXPERIENCES
INTERNATIONAL
Lead counsel for the Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project (BARJ) of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI), advising on the registration process of patents for inventions relating to jute and its genome sequence, which have been initiated through filing of international patent applications before World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and, subsequently various national/regional patent applications have been filed for registration in foreign jurisdictions in North America, Europe and Asia;
ENERGY & POWER
Provided legal assistance for implementation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission;
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Provided legal assistance for drafting various statutes, including the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Act, 2015;
CONSTITUTIONAL
Assisted a Senior Advocate, who was appointed as Amicus Curiae, in Special Reference No. 1 of 2009 before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, wherein the President of Bangladesh sought opinion under Article 106 of the Constitution from the Hon’ble Appellate Division on questions of law relating to the BDR mutiny trial;
BANKING & FINANCE
Acted as counsel for Premier Bank Ltd. in negotiating and executing an agreement relating to trade finance guarantee facility with Asian Development Bank (ADB).