Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed

Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, a best female lawyer in Bangladesh, is a practicing advocate at the Honourable Supreme Court of Bangladesh, who has several years of experience in Legal Consultancy, and she is a Partner of FM Associates.

Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed as a best female lawyer in Bangladesh has experience working with several donor-funded agencies and multinational clients, including international banks and companies; Advised on cross-border transactions and M&A work across jurisdictions in the following countries:

Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed has also worked in two of the biggest PPP projects in Bangladesh, one in the healthcare sector and another one in the energy sector. She has worked with several ministries of Government in home and abroad to formulate new laws and amend existing laws and ordinances.

Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed works closely with several embassies, foreign missions and several foreign chambers of commerce associations.

Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed is also a prominent female lawyer who worked in subjects like woman empowerment, domestic violence, sexual harassment in work places, sexual violence and also acted as authors and public speaker in many different platforms and has received several recognitions as the Top Female Lawyer in Bangladesh.

Name: Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed

Business address: FM Associates, Building name- FM Heights, Flat-A1, House No. 88, Road - 10/1, Block – D, Niketon, Gulshan, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.

E-mail address: tasmiah.nuhiya.ahmed@gmail.com; info@fmassociatesbd.com

Nationality: Bangladeshi (By Birth)

Professional Position: Partner in FM Associates

• English: Excellent in speaking, reading, listening and writing.

• Bengali: Excellent in speaking, reading, listening and writing.

• Enrolled as Advocate of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

• Enrolled as Advocate of the Courts subordinate to the High Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

• Member, Supreme Court Bar Association of Bangladesh

• Member, Dhaka Bar Association of Bangladesh

• Future Leader Excellence Award,

• Award of Excellence on Democracy;

• Woman in Law and Justice, Bangladesh 2022.

• Attended Resilient Youth Leadership Summit of the Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020

• Attended Bootcamp on Youth Leadership for Humanitarianism organized by University of Cambridge

• Attended workshop, titled "UK-UN Advocacy Workshop on ‘Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief for All: Implementing UN standards to tackle hate and promote dialogue'.

International Publications:

• Research paper, titled “A Critical Analysis on International Commercial Arbitration, Court Intervention and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Bangladesh”, published in ITA in Review, a journal of Institute for Transnational Arbitration, The Center for American and International Law.

• Research paper on Artha Rin Adalat Ain, published in South Asia Journal Law and Policy;

• Research Paper on Reserved seat for women in Parliament of Bangladesh, published in David Publishing Company (DPC) (originally as USA-China Business Review (Journal), Inc., USA);

• Presented a paper on the Limited Rights of the Borrowers under Artha Rin Adalat Ain 2003, organized by Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) on 30 November 2017.

• Presented a paper on “Repatriation of Rohingya Community under International Law, organized by Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) on 25 January 2018;

• Presented a paper on the Role of Women in countering Violent Extremism, at the National Symposium on Development of National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security, organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh and UN Women on 30 January 2018;

• Presented a paper on the "The question of fair trial and other criticisms in transitional justice: case of International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh" at the Symposium on International Law, organized by University of Mysore, India on March 27, 2018.

• Presented a research paper, titled “The Need for Prioritizing Real Estate and Housing Sector in National Budget” at symposium organized by the REHAB & CCN on 2 June 2018.

• Presented a research paper, titled “Judiciousness of Reincorporating the Reserved Seat Provisions in Parliament of Bangladesh” at a conference organized by Eurasia Research in Bangkok, Thailand on 18 December 2018.