Mr. Sheikh Abdullah completed LLB and LLM under the University of Southeast. He is a member of the Supreme Court and Dhaka Bar Association. Having joined the Firm in the year of 2012, Mr. Abdullah is working for the firm as a senior member for 10 years, appearing in Courts, handling cases of related departments. Mr. Abdullah was as Deputy Head, Taxes and Finance department in 2021 and a senior member of Dispute Resolution department. In 2022, he is appointed as a deputy head of commercial department and a senior member of Shipping department. Both the departments, where he is a senior member, are ranked under Shipping  for seven consecutive years.

Commercial 

• Assisted in a case before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif And Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ahmed Sohel in a civil revision involving stopping payment under a letter of credit on the ground of fraud. Our client, an MNC, the beneficiary and the supplier of food grain. The Hon’ble Court was pleased to discharge the rule and vacated the injunction granted back in 2016 as the fraud allegation was unfounded.

Dispute Resolution

• We have recently acted on behalf of our client SAPL Industries Private Limited to take permission for holding AGM from the Hon’ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• We have recently acted on behalf of our client SKYNET POWER LIMITED to take permission for holding AGM from the Hon’ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
• We have acted on behalf of our Client MARVEL MEDIA SDN BHD a Malaysian reliable Digital Content Provider that offers products and services with consistent quality. We have filed a winding up application to the Hon’ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh against Wintel Limited a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1994 of Bangladesh for failing to make payment as per its contractual obligation.
• We have recently act on behalf of our client Miles GMBH a company incorporated in Germany  a leading logistics services provider specializing in key verticals of footwear, apparel, etc. Due to the non-payment of the debit by Ettade Jeans we have filed a winding up application to the Hon’ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and following the hearing, the Hon’ble Court admitted the application and instructed us to publish a notice in two daily local newspapers: Daily Manab Zamin (Bengali) and New Age (English).
• We have acted on behalf of our client Ralph Lauren, in obtaining permission from the High Court to conduct their Annual General Meeting (AGM). Due to unforeseen circumstances, the company was unable to convene its AGM within the statutory timeline prescribed by law. Thus as per rules a permission was required from the Hon’ble High Court Division to Conduct the AGM.

Shipping 

• We have acted for Poly Technologies Inc. (Defendant No. 5 in Admiralty Suit No. 19 of 2024), where the Plaintiff, Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership, sought damages of BDT 1,298,000,000 (USD 11,000,000) following a collision involving the vessel URANUS 2 (Defendant No. 1) and the Plaintiff’s vessel. The incident occurred while URANUS 2 was towing a “Caisson Gate,” shipped by Poly Technologies Inc.  Given our client’s limited role as the shipper, we filed a petition to strike out their name from the list of defendants. In response to the Plaintiff’s written objection, we submitted a detailed reply. Upon hearing the matter, the Hon’ble Court acknowledged our petition and ordered it to be kept on record.
• We acted on behalf of our client FELDA IFFCO a joint venture company between FELDA Global Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd and IFFCO Holdings Limited in Malaysia. Our client was the Proforma Defendant No. 11. and the supplier of the goods. The Plaintiff filed an admiralty Suit for the cargo shortfall in Bangladesh.
• We have acted on behalf of our client First Security Islami Bank Limited by filling an Admiralty Suit against the Vessel named M.V. Maria Tasnim – 7 and M/S Integrity Ellite Limited for non-payment of the purchase installment and monthly rent for the Vessel. The Plaintiff and the Defendant No. 3 jointly invested in purchasing a vessel named M.V. Maria Tasnim – 7 for an amount of Tk. 2,34,02,755.66. M/S Integrity Ellite Limited was responsible to pay the purchase instalment and monthly hire purchase rent for the portion of FSIBL. But the defendant stopped paying the same.
• Assisted in court in a complex maritime dispute involving the forceful deviation of vessel by Iranian Navy and discharge of crude oil by Iranian Court in a dispute involving multiple sale of the same crude oil to a number of buyers. We handled the claim brought in Bangladesh by Chinese buyer and assisted the client on releasing the vessel from the arrest order
• Assisted in court in a dispute arising out of an allision with a gantry crane of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA). The matter was particularly complex as the CPA exercised its statutory power to claim loss & damages and the same has been challenged before the Hon’ble Admiralty Court successfully and the vessel was released on furnishing of security instead of paying in full & final satisfaction of the claim raised by CPA.

He has successfully conducted hearing of a number of cases involving general writs,  financial crimes and banking matters. His recent achievement is successfully conducting hearing and disposal of a case involving electricity distribution related disputes and a banking matters involving dishour of cheque and proceedings arising out of execution.

Organisation Plan 

The Deputy Head of a department is next to the Divisional Head and the Head of Chambers. In a large department there may be more than one deputy head.  Deputy head is a person who has proven track record of working in the respective field and/or has specialized knowledge or exposure in that particular field of law, which make him/her eligible for taking a leading position.