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Barrister Omar H. Khan

BARRISTER OMAR H KHAN

Overview

Barrister Omar H Khan Joy is the Managing Partner and Head of the Chambers of Legal Counsel. He has already put his mark in the contemporary legal arena for his dynamism and legal innovations. 

Barrister Omar H. Khan is the Managing Partner and Head of the Chambers of Legal Counsel. He has already put his mark in the contemporary legal arena for his dynamism and legal innovations. He came from a family, which has always cherished social, cultural and educational values in their hearts. He had an excellent academic record all through his educational life and had participated in innumerable competitions and championships of different kinds with flying colours. In his professional life, he, along with the help of his associates, have been able to render legal services to his clients to their greatest satisfaction. With the continuous support from his growing clientele, he has pioneered the modern corporate law practice in Bangladesh. He has been regularly conducting corporate workshops and trainings on different legal topics and pursues pro bono activities in the western module. He has been serving clients based in over 30 countries across 6 continents. He is equally contributing to the commercial as well as development sector through his effortless legal services.
FDI, Labour & Employment Law, organizational structuring, corporate laws and development sectors laws the areas where he takes keen interest. He has the pleasure to represent Governments of 14 countries in different legal matters.

Education and Professional Qualifications

Work Experience

Barrister Omar H. Khan has started his legal career as an intern in one of the most renowned law firms in Bangladesh, Dr. Kamal Hossain & Associates immediately after completing his graduation and continued till pursuing his Bar. Upon completion of his Bar from the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK, in 2005 he joined as a Junior Associate at Hasan & Associates, the largest corporate law firm of that time. Within a short time, he was promoted to associate and then to senior associate for his quality of and dedication to work. He has gained experience in Arbitration, Banking Law, Company Law, Contract Law, Negotiation etc. with the exposure to huge international and local clients of the chambers. In 2007, Barrister Omar was privileged to join Grameenphone Limited as the Head of Legal & Compliance Department leading a large team of in-house counsels. Grameenphone is the largest telecom company in Bangladesh and one of the largest tax payers with the majority shareholding with Telenor, Norway. He gained insight of working in a renowned multinational and experienced the Nordic standard of corporate governance. He also led the legal team comprising of reputed international law firms for successfully rolling out the largest IPO in the history of Bangladesh for Grameenphone. He came out as one of the leading lawyers in Security laws, ICT and Telecom Laws, Competition law, Anti-corruption laws and laws related to consumer protection etc. In 2009, he left Grameenphone and established Legal Counsel along with his other partner and has been working as the head of chambers since then. Legal Counsel now represents clients from 30 countries from different sectors. He has been leading the legal innovations in the country and Legal Counsel is considered as one of the most professional and reputed chambers of the country. Barrister Omar also enjoyed teaching as a guest lecturer at different universities, including teaching Labour & Employment law and Industrial Relations at a post-graduate program at United International University and Company Law and Insurance law at Southeast University between 2009 and 2018. He is serving in the Board of a reputed insurance company in Bangladesh as an Independent Director.

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and Commercial Law
  • Company Law
  • Development Sector Law
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Labour & Employment Law
  • M&A and organizational restructuring
  • Security Law
  • Telecom and Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) laws

Pro-Bono works, Publications and Conference Presentations

  • Author of the famous book titled ‘Legal Stories of Life’. Legal Stories of Life has been termed as a ‘unique law book in the world’ and has created huge response from the readers. For details, please visit: legalstoriesoflife.com
  • Author of Chapter-IX (on Bangladesh) of the book titled Asia-Pacific Trusts Law Volume 1, published in Aug 2021 in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publications (Hart Imprint). This book is a compilation of trust laws in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Almost 250 publications and interviews in various newspapers. Please visit: legalcounselbd.com/article
  • Maintaining the column named ‘Your Advocate’ in the renowned English newspaper, the Daily Star since 2008.
  • Conducted workshops, trainings and discussions on various contemporary legal topics for trade association and business
  • Participated and presented papers in different legal workshops, seminars and conferences in Europe, North America, Australia and in Asia on different topics. Few notable papers/presentations are:
    • ‘Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh’: Berlin, Germany, 2011.
    • ‘FDI and Investment Laws of Bangladesh’: Private Investment Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011.
    • Non-paper participation at International HR Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012.
    • Non-paper participation at the 4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work, International Labour Office (ILO) Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015.
    • ‘Economic Impact of Rana Plaza Collapse’: WASET Conference, Dubai, UAE, 2016.Download paper: www.publications.waset.org/10003780/pdf
    • ‘Industrial Relations in Bangladesh – Before and After the Rana Plaza Collapse: IASTEM Int. Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 2016.
    • Evolution of Working Conditions in Bangladesh’: 35th ILPC Conference, The University of Sheffield, UK, 2017 Download paper: www.ilpc.org.uk
    • ‘Employment Scenario of Bangladesh’: Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) HQ, London, UK, 2017.
    • ‘Violence Against Women – Rohingya Perspective’: Law, Culture and Humanities Conference, The University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada, 2019.
    • ‘A Sustainable Pro-Bono Initiative by Legal Counsel’: 8th Asia Pro-Bono Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2019.
    • ‘FDI in Bangladesh – An Overview of the Legal & Regulatory Regime’: South Asian Conference by One Asia Lawyers. Tokyo, Japan, 2019
    • ‘Law of Trusts in Bangladesh’: Asia Pacific Trusts Law – Theory and Practice in Context, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2020

Awards and Recognition

  • Barrister Omar H. Khan, Head of Chambers was announced as a winner of the prestigious International Advisory Experts (IAE) Award, 2021 in the category of Employment Law in Bangladesh. IAE is a network of law firms that awards lawyers who have been distinguishably successful in certain practice areas.
 
  • He has been recognized as one of the top 50 lawyers in Bangladesh and has been added in the Bangladesh A-List by Asia Business Law Journal. The Bangladesh A-List is a result of an extensive survey to identify the top 50 lawyers in Bangladesh.

Barrister Omar H Khan Joy

Barrister Omar H Khan Joy

Barrister Omar H Khan Joy

Barrister Omar H Khan Joy

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Corporate and Commercial Law,
Company Law,
Development Sector Law,
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),
Labour & Employment Law,
M&A and organizational restructuring,
Security Law,
Telecom and Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) laws,