Junayed Ahmed Chowdhury is the Managing Partner of Vertex Icon Corporate Services Provider (Dubai, UAE), Vertex Chambers (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Vertex International Consulting (Sydney, Australia). He is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and a Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK. Mr. Chowdhury has authored the leading (and the first bilingual) practitioners’ book on arbitration in Bangladesh, titled Commentaries on the Law of Arbitration in Bangladesh (published by University Press in 2024). The celebrated former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud has commended this work. The book has been catalogued by the British Library, the University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library and the Lincoln’s Inn Library. He is also the author of the leading Bangladeshi practitioners’ textbook on corporate tax, titled Corporate Tax Law & Practice (first edition published by Mullick Brothers in 2015 and second edition published by University Press Limited in 2021), which has been catalogued by, among others, the British Library, Harvard Law School, Columbia University, Yale University, Princeton University and the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Chowdhury was one of the draftsmen of the Bangladesh Income Tax Act 2023 and was the chief draftsman of the Bangladesh Secured Transaction (Movable Collateral) Act 2023. Mr. Chowdhury is regularly ranked as one of the leading lawyers in Bangladesh by established global legal directories including, among others, Legal500, Chambers and Partners, ITR World Tax, and Asia Business Law Journal.
Junayed Ahmed Chowdhury is the Managing Partner of Vertex Icon Corporate Services Provider (Dubai, UAE), Vertex Chambers (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Vertex International Consulting (Sydney, Australia). He is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and a Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK. Mr. Chowdhury has authored the leading (and the first bilingual) practitioners’ book on arbitration in Bangladesh, titled Commentaries on the Law of Arbitration in Bangladesh (published by University Press in 2024). The celebrated former Chief Justice of India, D...

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Arbitration Law Guide

Author of the Bangladesh chapter in the Arbitration Law Guide , published 3 June 2025 .