Muhammad Anisuzzaman's Biography

Muhammad Anisuzzaman

Muhammad Anisuzzaman

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Muhammad Anisuzzaman

Barrister-at-Law (Gray's Inn, UK)

Advocate, Appellate Division

Muhammad Anisuzzaman is an Advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and a Barrister-at-Law of the Bar of England and Wales. He is currently the Head of Chambers of Anisuzzaman & Associates, a Law Chambers based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a legal professional with almost fifteen years of experiences and his areas of expertise include, Dispute Resolution including Negotiation and National and International Mediation, Commercial, Corporate, Telecommunications, Banking and Finance, Aviation, Power and Energy, Shipping Law, International Trade and Public International Law, among others. He expertise in Mediation and Arbitration. Mr. Anisuzzaman holds a Certificate from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), UK and the Society of Mediators (SoM), London.

Mr. Anisuzzaman previously worked in a number of national and international mediation and arbitration and he has the experience of appearing before international commercial arbitral tribunals. On top of that, being invited by the Society of Mediators (SoM), London, Mr. Anisuzzaman sat as a Sole Mediator at Summer Session organised by the SoM, London in 2025. He is also a member of Bar Council of the England and Wales

Panel Lawyer:

Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Election Commission, Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Southeast Bank, United Commercial Bank, NRB Bank, Premier Bank, First Securities Bank, Mercantile Bank, Mutual Trust Bank, Lonka Bangla, IDLC, Matador Group, Marine Group, Cats Eye and so on.   

Date of Enrolment in the Bangladesh Bar Council:  02.04.2012

Date of permission to practice in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

(High Court Division): 11.04.2015 

(Appellate Division): 02.10.2024 

Education

Barrister-at-Law  From the Honourable Society of Gray’s In, UK 

      • Masters of Law (LL.M) at the University of Dhaka (2009)
      • Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) Hon’s at the University of Dhaka (2008)
    • EXPERIENCES

      1. Practising as Head of the Chambers ‘Anisuzzaman & Associates’ from January 2017 till the date.
      2. Completed working as an Associate to Mr. S. M. Munir, Senior Advocate and Additional Attorney for Bangladesh, Supreme Court of Bangladesh from January 2016 till December 2016.
      3. Completed working as an Adjunct Faculty (Assistant Professor), Department of Maritime Law and Policy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Mirpur-12, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
      4. Completed working as an Adjunct Faculty, Department of Law, State University of Bangladesh, Mirpur-12, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
      5. Completed working as an Associate and Legal Consultant in The ZURIST, a Law Firm, 15/5, Akram Tower (7th Floor), Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Shawrani, Bizoynagor, Dhaka, from 12 June, 2009 – 14 June, 2010.
      6. Completed six Months Pupilage in Advocate Chitta Ranzan Baul and Associates, 17 No. Kotwali Road, Tanti Bazar, Dhaka, from 8th November, 2009. 

            PUBLICATIONS

            A research Article namely “The Problem of Constitutionality of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord and the Role of Higher Judiciary in Bangladesh”, published in SUB Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2012, ISSN 1998-3778 

            RESEARCH:

             LL.M thesis submitted to the Department of Law, University of Dhaka under the supervision of Professor Dr. Ridwanul Hoque on “The Problem of Constitutionality of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord: A Comparative Analysis” dated 30.10.2010.


            Completed Working as a research associate with Mr. Kawser Ahmed, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh on a proposed Article on “Indigenous Issue vis-à-vis International Law”, in an International Law Journal.


            Completed Working as a research associate in Amir and Amir Associates with Mr. Kawser Ahmed, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh on “Defining Indigenous in Bangladesh: International Law in Domestic Context” accepted for publication in Issue 1 of 2010 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 


            Completed Working as an associate of “An ILO Complaint accepted by the ILO, Geneva, Switzerland on behalf of Bangladeshi Tea Workers” in 2010.


            Completed working as a reporter of an INGO, based on England on the “The Problems of Garments Industries and Garments workers and the Proposed Development Projects: Bangladesh Perspective” submitted dated 30.08.2011


            1. MEMBERSHIP
            2. (1) The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, UK 

            1. (2) The Bar Council of England and Wales
            2. (3) Accredited Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London
            3. (4) Registered Mediator of Civil Mediation Council (CMC), UK
            4. (5)    Registered Mediator of Society of Mediators (SoM), London
            5. (6) Supreme Court Bar Association, Enrollment Date- 11.04.2015
            6. (7) Dhaka Bar Association, Enrollment Date- 02.04.2012
            7. (8) Dhaka University Alumnae Association (DUAA), Life Member
            8. (9) Life Member of Bangladesh Law Association (BLA) 
            9. (10) Law Secretary of BLA Executive Committee-2019
            10. (11) Elected Joint Secretary of Dhaka University LL.M Lawyers' Association, Executive Committee 2023-2025