Sheela R Rahman

Sheela R Rahman is a lawyer who has practiced and worked in Bangladesh since 1990, with rich experience as an in-house counsel, litigator, and trainer. She has expert legal and practical knowledge of banking, corporate finance, corporate and commercial matters, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance. Ms. Rahman has also been senior counsel at a few law offices, including Rokanuddin Mahmud and Associates and Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed and Associates, and lastly built her own practice, Maxima. Legal. She has worked as a consultant to international development organizations on secured transactions and corporate governance, law reform proposals, training, and a team member for publications on SME governance and the connection of best practices with corporate performance. Ms Rahman has also been an adviser to Teach for Bangladesh and Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh.

Ms Rahman holds an LL.M. degree from University College London and is a Barrister-at-Law, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn in London. She is an Advocate, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.