Nazir Ahmed

Personal Bio

Job Title: Barrister, Principal Solicitor and Arbitrator

Areas of Expertise: Arbitration,Mediation

Cllr Barrister Nazir Ahmed - a renowned lawyer, politician, writer and analyst - is one of the well known and well respected personalities in the UK’s and Europe’s British-Bangladeshi Diaspora community. He was born in the Village of: Bahara Dubag, Post Office and Union: Doulot Pur, Biswanath, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Mr Ahmed obtained his LLB (Hons) degree from Queen Mary, University of London. Later on, he completed Master of Laws (LLM) from the same University. He was called to the Bar (Barrister-at-Law) by the Lincoln's Inn in 1999. He was also later admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of England and Wales and enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is currently a Member of the Dhaka Bar and the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. Mr Ahmed has skills and experience in international arbitration. He is a Fellow (FCIArb - the highest grade) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He has advance management skills, qualification and experience. He was awarded Fellowship (FCMI - the higher grade) by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Mr Ahmed also has expertise on environmental health and safety law. He achieved the highest grade (FRSPH) of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). Mr Nazir Ahmed is currently the Principal/Head of his reputed legal practice named ‘Lincoln’s Chambers Solicitors.’

Mr Ahmed is active in British politics. He was the Branch Secretary and GC Delegate of the Labour Party for five years and the Vice Chair of a Constituency Labour Party (CLP) for three years. He was elected as a Councillor from Little Ilford Ward of Newham Council for the first time with one of the highest number of votes (he got one of the highest votes among all British-Bangladeshi Councillors elected in the UK in 2018 election). He was then elected twice for the two consecutive terms as the Deputy Chair (Deputy Speaker) of the Newham Council.

Alongside his studies, politics and professional responsibilities, Mr Ahmed has been involved with many local, national and international standard organizations. He has been working for the community for the last three decades. He was awarded the Nationwide’s “Community Award for Voluntary Endeavour.” Apart from this, he has acted in the past as an Election Commissioner/Chief Election Commissioner in elections of more than three dozen reputable community, voluntary and social organisations including British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) and British-Bangladeshi Caterers Association (BBCA).

Mr Ahmed often takes part in national and international seminars and symposiums. He has so far presented more than couple of dozen keynote papers in those seminars and symposiums at national and international levels on issues concerning national and international matters. He often wrote research based analytical articles on current, legal, social and constitutional issues in the Sub-Editorial Section of various national English dailies. He has already authored and published five books. For his creative activities and contribution, he was awarded Fellowship (FRSA) by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He is an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS), UK.

Mr Ahmed was an Independent Custody Visitor of London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Queen Mary University’s Alumni Ambassador for Bangladesh in the past.

Mr Nazir Ahmed has already visited around 50 countries of the world for various purposes. His utmost desire is to serve the community, local people and the country.