M. Aminul Islam Nazir
Senior Legal Counsel
Bangladesh
M. Aminul Islam Nazir is a widely trusted maritime and admiralty law and claims specialist advising on complex disputes, strategic negotiations, cross-border enforcement and high-value transactional work across the shipping sector.
M. Aminul Islam Nazir is a highly experienced maritime and admiralty lawyer and claims specialist with more than two decades of practice advising the international shipping community on Bangladesh-related matters. His work combines detailed knowledge of shipping operations with a strategic understanding of dispute positioning, enabling him to provide commercially focused and practically effective advice.
He is regularly instructed by shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs, fixed premium facilities, insurers, traders, financial institutions and international law firms, often on matters requiring urgent intervention, cross-border coordination and close engagement with key stakeholders. He frequently acts as strategic adviser in Bangladesh, ensuring that local legal measures align with broader dispute resolution strategies across multiple jurisdictions.
Mr Nazir’s experience spans the full range of admiralty and shipping matters encountered throughout the operational life of a vessel. He has extensive involvement in vessel arrest and release proceedings before the Admiralty Court of Bangladesh, including complex cases involving substantial security demands, alleged wrongful arrests, surrogate ship issues and demolition or scrap vessels. His approach combines procedural strategy with commercial negotiation to secure timely releases and proportionate security outcomes.
He also advises on charterparty and transportation disputes, including freight, demurrage, off-hire, performance claims and the exercise of liens over cargo. He has acted in multi-jurisdictional matters involving cargo non-delivery, bunker supply and necessaries claims, and has assisted clients in enforcing maritime claims against vessels following changes of name, flag or ownership.
In addition, he advises on ship finance enforcement, sale and purchase disputes and demolition and recycling deliveries. His practice extends to ports, terminals and marine projects, where he supports clients on bid preparation, regulatory approvals and dispute readiness for infrastructure and offshore developments.
M. Aminul Islam Nazir holds an LL.B. (Hons.) and an LL.M. from the University of Chittagong. He has undertaken specialist professional training in arbitration, P&I insurance and bunker industry practice in Bangladesh, Singapore and Türkiye. He is a member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and the Bangladesh Bar Council, with rights of audience before the Admiralty Court of Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.
He is Senior Legal Counsel of Assurance Maritime Bangladesh Limited. In addition to his Bangladesh-based practice, he serves as Senior Claims Consultant to the UK-based maritime consultancy C Solutions Limited and acts as Bangladesh Partner to the international crisis response network Navigate Response.
He contributes to professional development within the maritime sector, including through visiting lectureships in Maritime Law at the Bangladesh University of Professionals and the Marine Fisheries Academy, Bangladesh, and has contributed to multiple editions of the World Bank Group’s Doing Business reports.
Profile
M. Aminul Islam Nazir is a highly experienced maritime and admiralty lawyer and claims specialist with more than two decades of practice advising the international shipping community on Bangladesh-related matters. His work combines detailed knowledge of shipping operations with a strategic understanding of dispute positioning, enabling him to provide commercially focused and practically effective advice.
He is regularly instructed by shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs, fixed premium facilities, insurers, traders, financial institutions and international law firms, often on matters requiring urgent intervention, cross-border coordination and close engagement with key stakeholders. He frequently acts as strategic adviser in Bangladesh, ensuring that local legal measures align with broader dispute resolution strategies across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience
Mr Nazir’s experience spans the full range of admiralty and shipping matters encountered throughout the operational life of a vessel. He has extensive involvement in vessel arrest and release proceedings before the Admiralty Court of Bangladesh, including complex cases involving substantial security demands, alleged wrongful arrests, surrogate ship issues and demolition or scrap vessels. His approach combines procedural strategy with commercial negotiation to secure timely releases and proportionate security outcomes.
He also advises on charterparty and transportation disputes, including freight, demurrage, off-hire, performance claims and the exercise of liens over cargo. He has acted in multi-jurisdictional matters involving cargo non-delivery, bunker supply and necessaries claims, and has assisted clients in enforcing maritime claims against vessels following changes of name, flag or ownership.
In addition, he advises on ship finance enforcement, sale and purchase disputes and demolition and recycling deliveries. His practice extends to ports, terminals and marine projects, where he supports clients on bid preparation, regulatory approvals and dispute readiness for infrastructure and offshore developments.
Credentials
M. Aminul Islam Nazir holds an LL.B. (Hons.) and an LL.M. from the University of Chittagong. He has undertaken specialist professional training in arbitration, P&I insurance and bunker industry practice in Bangladesh, Singapore and Türkiye. He is a member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and the Bangladesh Bar Council, with rights of audience before the Admiralty Court of Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.
He is Senior Legal Counsel of Assurance Maritime Bangladesh Limited. In addition to his Bangladesh-based practice, he serves as Senior Claims Consultant to the UK-based maritime consultancy C Solutions Limited and acts as Bangladesh Partner to the international crisis response network Navigate Response.
He contributes to professional development within the maritime sector, including through visiting lectureships in Maritime Law at the Bangladesh University of Professionals and the Marine Fisheries Academy, Bangladesh, and has contributed to multiple editions of the World Bank Group’s Doing Business reports.