Bangladesh’s IP Experts 2025
28 February 2025
Bangladesh is set to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026. There are presently 44 LDCs designated by the United Nations; the status affords them preferential market access, aid, special technical assistance and capacity-building on technology, among other things. The list is reviewed every three years by the UN’s Committee for Development Policy.
Although Bangladesh is abuzz with what the graduation from LDC status will mean, Asjadul Kibria, an editor at The Financial Express in Dhaka, notes that intellectual property has drawn less attention than other areas of expected change.
“Though a lot of work has already been done to devise a strategy to overcome the negative impact of the erosion of preferential market access, no such study exists regarding IP,” he wrote in the newspaper’s February 8, 2025, issue.
Kibria notes that LDCs are generally exempted from implementing most elements of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement until July 2034, and that they enjoy special treatment in IP protection of pharmaceuticals until January 2033.
“When an LDC like Bangladesh finally leaves the category and becomes a non-LDC, the exemptions to implement TRIPS provisions will no longer apply,” Kibria writes. “In other words, the country has to follow the path of other developing nations by gradually implementing various IP rules outlined in the TRIPS agreement. However, a graduated LDC will be eligible for some flexibility applicable to developing countries.”
Kibria says that while there is plenty of help for governments making this transition, those governments must take advantage of the resources offered. “Use of these studies makes it possible to outline the potential risks and opportunities for the country in terms of IP in the post-graduation period. Updating the IP laws is not enough, and the update needs to be carefully crafted. Prior consultation with different stakeholders is a must. It is also necessary to rigorously review the IP laws of competing countries to understand their strength and weaknesses in this connection. Bangladesh has already updated patent, industrial design, and copyright acts in 2023. More work is needed, however.”
It is against that backdrop that we bring you Bangladesh’s IP Experts, a list of 30 key intellectual property lawyers who almost certainly be involved in the future of intellectual property in Bangladesh.
Several firms had two lawyers named to our list of IP Experts: Attorneys and Associates of IP Laws (Mirza Zahiruddin Ahmed and M. Bakir Uddin), Bepary & Bepary (Md. Ariful Islam and Abu Tahla), Doulah & Doulah (A.B.M. Badrud Doulah and A.B.M. Sohailud Doulah) and GRAM IP (Jafar Hasan and Farida Yasmin). In total, lawyers representing 26 different firms made the list.
Most of the lawyers named to our list have multiple practice specialties. Many of them are litigators, while others concentrate on prosecution work or provide strategic advice.
All of them have something in common: they are experts in their fields and, in one way or another, they provide extra value for their clients. They are Asia IP’s Bangladesh IP Experts.
– GREGORY GLASS
| Name | Firm | Intellectual Property |
| Mirza Zahiruddin Ahmed | Attorneys & Associates of IP Laws | Intellectual Property |
| Rajin Ahmed | Ahmed & Associates | Intellectual Property |
| Kazi Ershadul Alam | Tanjib Alam & Associates | Intellectual Property |
| Md. Rafiqul Alam | Sattar & Co. | Intellectual Property |
| Asif Bin Anwar | Vertex Chambers | Intellectual Property |
| Kazi F. Bari | K. A. Bari & Co. | Intellectual Property |
| Kashem Bhuiyan | Remfry & Son | Intellectual Property |
| Sharif Bhuiyan | Dr. Kamal Hossain & Associates | Intellectual Property |
| A.B.M. Badrud Doulah | Doulah & Doulah | Intellectual Property |
| A.B.M. Sohailud Doulah | Doulah & Doulah | Intellectual Property |
| Atikul Haque | Rahman & Rabbi Legal | Intellectual Property |
| M. Rezwanul Haque | H & H Company | Intellectual Property |
| Md. Saiful Haque | Accord Chambers | Intellectual Property |
| Jafar Hasan | GRAM IP | Intellectual Property |
| Delwar Hossain | Advocates IP Law Alliance | Intellectual Property |
| Syed Ahrarul Hossain | A Hossain & Associates | Intellectual Property |
| KM Nurul Islam | Amir & Amir Law Associates | Intellectual Property |
| Md. Ariful Islam | Bepary & Bepary | Intellectual Property |
| Mohiul Islam | APT IP Law Agency | Intellectual Property |
| Fahima Binte Kamrul | The Legal Era | Intellectual Property |
| Sarjean Rahman Lian | FM Associates | Intellectual Property |
| Hamidul Mishbah | Old Bailey Chambers | Intellectual Property |
| Md. Solaiman Munshi | Munshi & Associates | Intellectual Property |
| Chaudhury Reagan | Supreme IP | Intellectual Property |
| Sakib Sikder | Jural Acuity | Intellectual Property |
| Salah Uddin Reza Sohel | Rahman’s Chambers | Intellectual Property |
| Shaleh Akram Somrat | MentorIP | Intellectual Property |
| Abu Tahla | Bepary & Bepary | Intellectual Property |
| M. Bakir Uddin | Attorneys & Associates of IP Laws | Intellectual Property |
| Farida Yasmin | GRAM IP | Intellectual Property |
Bangladesh’s IP Experts is based solely on independent editorial research conducted by Asia IP. As part of this project, we turned to in-house counsel in Bangladesh, Asia and elsewhere and around the world, as well as South Asia-focused partners at international law firms, and asked them to nominate private-practice lawyers, including foreign legal consultants, advisers and counsel.
The final list reflects the nominations received combined with the input of the editorial team at Asia IP, which has more than 50 years of collective experience in researching and understanding Bangladesh’s legal market.
All private practice intellectual property lawyers in Bangladesh were eligible for inclusion in the nominations process; there were no fees or any other requirements for inclusion.
The names of our 30 IP Experts are published here. Each IP Expert was given the opportunity to include their biography and contact details in print and on our website, for which a fee was charged.
