Partners
The founding minds behind Lexmates — litigators, strategists, and advisors.
Parvez Hashem
Founding Member & Partner
Parvez Hashem is a founding partner of Lexmates, bringing to the firm a rare breadth of legal and academic accomplishment that spans constitutional law, civil matters, immigration and international affairs.
He holds an LL.B. and LL.M. from the Department of Law and Justice at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, and an M.S.S. in Political Science from the University of Dhaka — a combination that gives him both the legal rigor and the policy insight that complex matters demand.
A practicing Advocate of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Mr. Hashem is a registered member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, the Dhaka Bar Association, the Administrative Tribunal Bar Association and the Dhaka Taxes Bar Association.
Beyond the courtroom, his work reaches across borders. He has participated in workshops and seminars on human rights and governance in the United States, the United Kingdom and Thailand. He is also a regular contributor to leading national newspapers, writing with authority on legal reform, governance, human rights and international affairs — reflecting a mind that engages with the law not just as a profession, but as a public responsibility.
Kamrul Islam Arif
Founding Member & Partner
Kamrul Islam Arif is a founding partner of Lexmates, bringing to the firm a distinctive blend of financial expertise and legal acumen that sets him apart in the fields of taxation, corporate compliance and commercial litigation.
He holds a Master’s in Accounting from the National University of Bangladesh and is a Chartered Accountant (CC), complemented by an LL.B. from the Department of Law and Justice at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology. This dual grounding in finance and law gives him an unusually sharp eye for matters where the two disciplines intersect.
Before co-founding Lexmates, Mr. Arif spent over five years at a reputed chartered accountancy firm, building hands-on expertise in financial advisory and compliance. He now serves as a trusted consultant on income tax, VAT and company law matters, advising clients with the precision of both a trained accountant and a practicing lawyer.
He handles suits and cases across civil and criminal matters, and is a registered member of the Dhaka Bar Association and the Dhaka Taxes Bar Association.