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  • 28/A Segun-Bagicha, (Ground Floor), P.S. Paltan, Dhaka-1000 ● Head of Chamber●
  • Sat - Thu 10:00 am to 06:00 pm
Partner in Charge
Barrister Francillea Upomaa Saha

Upoma Biswas is an expert in Corporate & Commercial; Constitutional & Administrative; Employment; Family; Human Rights. She has completed L.L.B (Hons) from University of London in 2008, Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, UK and became an Advocate of Bang-ladesh in the year 2011. She has gathered huge experience working as Lecturer at different University and an Associate member of Sheikh and Chowdhury and currently as the Partner of Saha’s Law Chamber.

  • upoma@sahalawchamber.com
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Educational Qualification:

Bar Vocational Course (Post Graduate Diploma in Law),June 2009
LL.B. (Hons), Second Class,July 2008
A’ Level (Law & Accounting),June 2005
O’Level (English. Economics, Mathematics-B, Bengali, Art & Design, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Accounting),June 2004

Professional Affiliation:

Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales)

Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Member, Dhaka Bar Association,

Member, Bangladesh Bar Council

Member, The Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, U.K.

Executive Member, Barrister Association Bangladesh (2022 – till Present)

Professional Expreience:

Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services trust (BLAST); Intern

Sheikh & Chowdhury; Associate

Saint Xavier GreenHerald International School -Law Teacher

Northern University, Bangladesh; Lecturer

London College of Legal Studies (South); Academic Guidance Tutor

BAC; Coordinator & Faculty, School of Law

Notable Engagements:

Drafted a Training Manual on Labour Law for ActionAid working in collaboration with Department of Labour and conducted Pre-Test training amongst the Trade-Union Federation leaders.

Conducted legal compliance checklist for Kurkure Chips, a subsidiary of Pepsico, Ind and advising as to the legal consequences for breach of any statutory duty on behalf of the company.

Represented many clients in respect of their individual disputes arising out civil, criminal, company and writ matters both at District Court and High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Advised Sunrise Properties Real Estate Company for establishment of branch office and drafted various agreements relating to real estate business.

Represented individual clients at the High Court for quashment of proceedings brought by Anti Corruption Commission.

Worked as a litigation team member in a Public Interest Judicial Review in challenging the action of the government in demanding VAT from private university’s students.

Advised a foreign chartered Accountancy firm’s possible entry into the Bangladeshi financial market as a competent agency.

Drafted and vetted supply agreements of T1 Boomer (mining equipment) from Switzerland through their agent from India.

Handled concern of copyright and trademark law in Bangladesh and possible course of legal action in case of infringement of intellectual property.

Publications:

Rethinking Police Reforms, The Financial Express [Dhaka], 6th November 2013, Views and Opinion
Arrested on a whim: A closer look at Section 54 arrests, Dhaka Tribune [Dhaka], 25th October 2013
Arrests by Police: Rethinking Legal Framework, Daily Star [Dhaka],29th October 2013
Arrests by Police: Rethinking Legal Framework, Daily Sun [Dhaka],29th November 2013
Caretaker Government: The way out of the debate, The Financial Express [Dhaka], 14th November 2013
Upholding rights-based juvenile justice system, The New Nation [Dhaka], 30th November 2013
Making juvenile justice system child-centred and rights-based,The Financial Express [Dhaka], 14th December 2013
Rights of the Child: Unheard and Unnoticed, Daily Sun [Dhaka], 3rd January 2014
Making the arbitration law more effective, The New Nation [Dhaka], 5th April 2014
Quick dispensation of justice through arbitration, The Financial Express [Dhaka], 5th April 2014