Anita Ghazi Rahman

Anita Ghazi Rahman is a researcher and legal expert for Fairwork Bangladesh.

Anita defines law as her calling. She obtained her LL.B. (Hons) degree from University College London (UCL) in 2002 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn in July 2003, completing her Bar Vocational Course with “Merit” from The College of Law. Anita qualified as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 2004, as Advocate of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2006 and as Advocate of the apex Court, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2018.

Anita focuses her practice on company, general corporate law, and dispute resolution. She provides corporate and transactional advice with respect to business formation, employment, financing, IP, services and procurement contracts, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and other business restructurings and also advises on the acquisition, development, and disposition of commercial, industrial and residential real estate.

Anita is the Founder of The Legal Circle and Founder of Think Legal Bangladesh (the first free, open, and crowd-sourced web-based legal resources platform in the country), as well as the Founder and Publisher of Legal Circle Law Reports (LCLR).

For the Fairwork project, Anita is involved in the research design, landscape analysis, data interpretation, and strategic advocacy in Bangladesh.