Mr. Shafiqur Rahman,Barrister-at-Law, an Advocate of Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the Court-appointed Independent Director. Having obtained LLB (Hons.) and LLM from University of Dhaka Mr. Shafiqur Rahman went to England, studied law in the University of London and achieved a second Honours degree in law. He did his bar vocational course in University of Northumbria at Newcastle and successfully completed it with a ‘very competent’ grade. He became a member of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the bar in 2002. After coming back to Bangladesh he joined the Chambers of Dr. M. Zahir, a leading corporate and constitutional expert in Bangladesh, and remained with him until his sad demise in 2013. He enjoyed the benefits of working in big corporate chambers of Dr Zahir’s, which included dealing with large multinational corporate clients like Chevron, Lafarge, Youngone, Procter and Gamble, British American Tobacco, US Fibres, Haewae and Cathay Pacific, and prominent local clients like Berger, MJL Bangladesh Ltd., Grameenphone, Renata, IIDFC, IDLC, ACI, ONE Bank, AB Bank, LankaBangla Finance, Independent University, American International University, HRC Shipping, and so on.
He is mainly a litigator in the Supreme Court, though opinion writing, drafting contracts and vetting legal documents are part of his daily routine. His main areas of practice are: Admiralty, Corporate, Commercial, Securities, Banking, Insurance, Judicial Review (Writ) and Arbitration. He is the Legal Retainer of Dhaka Stock Exchange, advising on capital market and securities law. He works for several Protection and Indemnity (P & I) Clubs, including Standard Club Europe, Standard Club Asia, Swedish Club Hong Kong and Japan P & I Club. He regularly contributes legal articles in the law journal “Bangladesh Legal Times”. He is frequently appointed “amicus curiae” by the Company Bench of the High Court Division in critical cases and assist the court in arriving at correct judicial decisions.