THE LEGAL ERA is a full-service law firm located in Dhaka, Bangladesh and specializes in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR); Banking & Finance; Company & commercial; Constitutional Issues & Judicial Review of Administrative Actions; Criminal Justice; Employment & Labour Law; Foreign Investment & Business Set up; Insurance; Intellectual Property (Trademark, Patent, Design and Copyright); ICT, Media, E-commerce, Telecommunication & Technology; International Law; Real Estate & Property Law; Trust, Family & Divorce Law; Regulatory & Administrative Law; Aviation; Admiralty, Maritime & Shipping; Representative Branch and/or Liaison offices of Foreign Companies; Subordinate Court Litigation; VAT, Tax & Customs matters; Litigation & Disputes etc.
At THE LEGAL ERA we are committed to finding prompt and cost effective legal solutions that produce tangible results for our clients. We have dedicated practice groups comprised of counsels experienced and proficient in providing comprehensive legal advice. We operate with an inimitable commercial responsiveness tailored to the needs of our clients, and thus we offer fairness and certainty to our clients’ legal spending.
About The Legal Era
Founded in 2009
18 people in their team
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Practice areas
Intellectual Property
The Legal Era is one of the leading Intellectual Property Firm serving mostly international Clients in securing their IPR and works closely with reputed international IP Firm.
Civil & Human Rights
The Legal Era widely works to ensure civil/constitutional rights of the citizen including filling public interest litigation.
Criminal Defense
The Legal Era has a great reputation for criminal defense with a very high success rate.
Lawsuits & Disputes
The Legal Era regularly provides Litigation support from Subordinate court/tribunal to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Employment & Labor
The Legal Era regularly provides legal opinion on employment and labor issues and defend clients in the Court
Bankruptcy & Debt
The Legal Era closely works with clients in the field of Bankruptcy and debt including providing legal support to many Banks
Real Estate
The Legal Era provide supports in the field of real estate and served huge number of non resident Bangladeshi in their agreement with real estate companies and their inheritance claim
Business
The Legal Era working closely with investors on regular basis. From Incorporation to compliance, we provide support to the entities both local and foreign.
Our Partners and Associates

Salequzzaman was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK in 2013 following successful completion of Bar Professional Training Course from City University London (now City, University of London), UK and LLB (Hons') Degree from the University of Wales, UK in 2012. Prior to that, he obtained his first LLB (Hons’) Degree in 2007 and LLM in 2008 from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
He was enrolled as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 2009 and as an Advocate of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2015 and as an Advocate of the Hon'ble Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2023.
Salequzzaman appears regularly before both the Supreme Court of Bangladesh & the subordinate courts and has been dealing with Constitutional matters, IPR, Civil, Criminal, Commercial, Taxation, Company, Banking, Admiralty, Property disputes, Public Interest Litigation, Human Rights etc.
Prior to joining THE LEGAL ERA, Salequzzaman worked with a reputed law firm namely Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates (SIA&A), Dhaka as an Associate for more than 4 years. He gained considerable experience at SIA&A in advising clients, conducting hearing before Courts, providing Company Secretarial Services, conducting due diligence for foreign clients, drafting legal notices & reply, opinion writing, drafting & vetting various agreements, drafting various litigation matters including Writ, Criminal, VAT, Customs, Income Tax Reference, Admiralty, Company, various civil petitions, appeals, applications, plaints etc. At SIA&A, he has had the opportunities to involve with advising reputed and market leading local & international companies/clients and to work with leading international law firms.
Prior to that he also gained extensive experience in working on Intellectual Property, ICT, Telecommunication, E-Commerce, Technology, Media Entertainment, Defamation, Tax, VAT, Customs, Company& Corporate, anti piracy movement, Litigation etc. at Old Bailey Chambers.
Md. Salequzzaman has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Legal Falcon" at the Lextalk World's Global Hybrid conference, 2022 held in Dubai, UAE for his impactful contribution to the Legal Industry and was awarded the prestigious Lex-Falcon Award, 2022.

Fahima was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK in 2014 following successful completion of Bar Professional Training Course from the City University London (now City, University of London), UK. Prior to that, Fahima obtained her LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the University of London in 2012. She also obtained her LLM in Professional Legal Skills from the City University London (now City, University of London), UK in 2015.
Fahima gained considerable experience in working on corporate and foreign investment matters while working with a reputed law firm namely, Amir&Amir Law Associates, Dhaka in 2013-14. She also gained extensive work experience in corporate, Banking & Financial matters while working for Premier Bank Limited and Mercantile Bank Limited as Legal Officer for 4 years.
Fahima is enrolled with Bangladesh Bar Council as an Advocate and a regular member of Dhaka Bar Association.
Fahima gained considerable experience in working on corporate and foreign investment matters while working with a reputed law firm namely Amir & Amir Associates, Dhaka in 2013-15. She also gained extensive work experience in corporate, Banking & Financial matters while working for Premier Bank Limited and Mercantile Bank Limited as Executive Officer (Legal) for 8 years.
Fahima also gained experience as researcher during her association with Daffodil International University as Research Associates.
In Chambers, Fahima regularly provides legal opinion on matters relating to telecommunication, intellectual property, Employment, insurance, company law, corporate and regulatory matters, Real Estate & Property, matrimonial issues, drafts legal notices and reply, drafts & vets agreements, and provides corporate secretarial services to corporate clients. She assists with conducting due diligence, FDI & Company set up/Branch and/or representative office set up in Bangladesh and also carry out research & draft various petitions on Writ, Corporate, VAT, Custom, Taxation, Criminal matters etc.