BIAC, CLDP hosted two-day ADR workshop

Business Desk :
An Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Workshop and seminar on mediation was organised by Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) in collaboration with Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) on Monday held at Hotel Intercontinental, Dhaka.

The events on both days were directed by renowned professionals from the United States and the United Kingdom, reads a press release.
Kaiser A Chowdhury, CEO of BIAC at both the events welcomed the experts and participants and applauded the joint collaboration of BIAC-CLDP with the persuasion to popularise ADR in Bangladesh and urged for the adoption of the global best practice mechanisms.

Workshop on ADR and Seminar on Mediation were conducted by Grishma Pradhan, attorney-advisor (International), Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), Office of the General Counsel, US Department of Commerce, Adam McWilliams, Partner, Quinn Emanuel’s, Elizabeth Wilson, partner, Quinn Emanuel’s, Shireen Scheik Mainuddin, Principal Consultant, Asaan, Shahariar Sadat, Director Academic and Legal Empowerment, Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University, bringing together esteemed professionals, academics, and students to promote the use of ADR mechanisms in dispute resolution.

The Seminar on Mediation was attended by 30 officials from the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh Bank, Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA).