About Saiful Islam

Adv Saiful Islam is an advocate at TRW & Co, based in Dhaka, with a practice focused on real estate transactions and real estate disputes. Clients come to the team for clear advice, careful preparation and steady representation from the first consultation to the final step.

Saiful Islam advises buyers, owners, families and developers on the full life of a property: due diligence, deeds and registration, mutation and record correction, and the disputes that arise when titles overlap. The aim is a clean, defensible position on the land.

At TRW, Saiful Islam works alongside the firm's partners and associates across six fields of practice, so a matter that touches land acquisition or residential property and apartment purchase is handled by one coordinated team rather than passed between separate advisers.

Saiful Islam acts for buyers, landowners, heirs, developers, lenders and non-resident Bangladeshis. Whether the matter is urgent or long-running, the same standards apply: accurate advice, documents prepared with care, deadlines tracked closely and a straightforward explanation of each step and its consequences.

Good outcomes usually come from good preparation. The documents are reviewed in detail, identifies gaps before the other side does, and keeps clients informed so that settlement opportunities and procedural risks are spotted early rather than late.

To discuss a matter with Saiful Islam, book a consultation or contact the firm. Read more about the wider team on the TRW people page.

How Saiful Islam works with clients

1. Early assessmentEvery matter starts with the facts and documents, a clear view of the law and an honest assessment of the options, costs and likely timing.
2. Written advice you can useAdvice is given in plain language, with the steps, deadlines and decisions that matter set out clearly.
3. Thorough preparationFilings, evidence and submissions are prepared carefully and checked against the procedure that applies in the relevant court, tribunal or authority.
4. Regular updatesClients are kept informed after each hearing, filing or development, so there are no surprises.

Court work in Bangladesh runs through a layered system, from the District courts and specialised tribunals to the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Saiful Islam prepares each matter with the procedure of the relevant forum in mind.

Representative matters

• Correcting errors in a khatian and completing mutation for heirs after the death of a landowner.
• Advising an apartment buyer on the allotment agreement, sale deed and registration with the developer.
• Representing owners in a suit for recovery of possession against unlawful occupants.
• Reviewing a joint venture agreement between a landowner and a real estate developer in Dhaka.

Insights from Saiful Islam's practice areas