Moshfeque M. Rizvi is a Legal Consultant at Spencer Williams & Mughal Limited. He has had an interesting upbringing and professional life, undertaking a variety of work both within and outside of the legal services arena.
Born in Bangladesh, he has lived in Algeria and grew up in London, UK. He has attained an impeccable academic career both at school and university.
Coming from an entrepreneurial family, Mr. Rizvi is involved with business enterprises in Bangladesh and the UK in addition to his legal consulting work. This has allowed him to occupy a unique position of being able to render legal consulting services with the benefit of having direct industry and commercial experience. He has expertise in large scale project finance, raising debt finance from international lenders and structuring private equity investments, coordinating investment banking teams, borrower due diligence and ensuring compliance of regulatory oversight.
Education and Professional Qualifications:
Moshfeque M. Rizvi completed his GCSEs and A-Levels from the renowned and prestigious English private school, The City of London School with the highest grades, and was the Head of the Royal Naval Section of the School’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF) having attained the highest Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) rank in the UK, Coxswain.
Mr. Rizvi went on to study Jurisprudence at Pembroke College, University of Oxford for his Undergraduate Degree, graduating with First Class Honours having also obtained a Distinction in the First Public Examinations, Law Moderations. He won the College’s Farthing Prize in Constitutional Law and Monk Prize in Criminal Law. Mr. Rizvi continued at Pembroke College, University of Oxford to undertake the globally renowned Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) Masters Degree. He went on to complete his professional training by doing the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) at The Inns of Court School of Law, Institute of Law, City University, London and was Called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. He completed his First Six Pupillage at the Barristers’ Chambers of Mr. Martin Mann KC and Mr. Alan Steinfeld KC, 24 Old Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Work Experience:
Having gone to Bangladesh after his studies in 2005, Mr. Rizvi dived into the world of commerce head on, taking the helm of his family owned businesses, including being the Managing Director of Times Securities Ltd from 2005-2010, a leading stock brokerage firm being a Corporate Member of The Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd (DSE) and a Depository Participant of the Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd, itself a Member of the The Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group. He was a member of the DSE Delegation to the UK and presented market overviews to the London Stock Exchange, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and the UK’s then Financial Services Authority (FSA). He has presented a paper on emerging and frontier markets for the Masters in Law (LLM) class of Cardiff University, UK and as representing the DSE, he has completed a Marcus Evans Conference on Frontier Markets in Singapore.
Mr. Rizvi is a Sponsor Shareholder and former Director of Standard Bank PLC, a leading private sector bank in Bangladesh with over 100 branches nationwide and exchange houses in major global cities, and was a Member of the Bank Board’s Audit Committee. Also, he is a founding Sponsor Shareholder and former Director of Desh General Insurance Company Ltd, a leading general insurance firm dealing with automotive, marine, fire and health insurance and large-scale reinsurance in Bangladesh with a nationwide branch network as well.
In the UK, Mr. Rizvi is a Non-Executive Director of Pathfinder CIC UK, a digital entrepreneurship platform. Additionally, he is an Associated Partner of Potentia Inc Ltd, a private-equity investment platform, investing and raising funds for businesses globally.
Throughout his professional career, Mr. Rizvi has advised and counseled businesses and individuals on the legal aspects of their enterprises and has overlapped with the adjoining disciplines of strategic and management consulting and being a catalyst for large-scale industrial, commercial and financial project development.