Alvi Hakim

HiiL’s Partnership Developer – Private Sector, connecting businesses, civil society and the legal profession to advance people-centred justice

He began his career as a corporate lawyer in Myanmar’s oil and gas sector before joining DLA Piper, practising cross-border M&A across ASEAN. He later transitioned into its pro bono practice as Asia Pro Bono Associate, helping coordinate the Know Your Rights project for migrants and refugees along the Myanmar–Thailand border, which received the 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation Innovation Award.

In Bangladesh, he served as Legal and Operations Advisor to the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and co-founded Nexalegal Asia. He coordinated support for 82 severely injured survivors of the July 2024 uprising and contributed to the OHCHR fact-finding process. As OMCT’s National Coordinator for the United Against Torture Consortium in Bangladesh, he presented findings on state torture at the 61st UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.

He is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, recognised among Asia Business Law Journal’s Top 50 Lawyers of Bangladesh (2022, 2026), and holds an Advanced LL.M. Degree in International and European Human Rights Law from Leiden University, graduating Cum Laude in 2026.