Equipped with modern and sophisticated computer components and accessories, each of our lawyers works in a personal and computerized workstation that enables us to draft and store information and pleadings/petitions in database, to gain access to the world wide web, to send and receive documents and information through e-mails, to exchange and store formats and to regulate an efficient review of work and to have a computerized billing system. We advise various companies, private, public as well as statutory corporations regarding a wide range of legal issues.

Corporate & Commercial

  • Formation of companies
  • Mergers, takeovers and acquisitions
  • Corporate reorganizations and reconstructions
  • Liquidations
  • Foreign investment proposals
  • Corporatization and privatization
  • Joint ventures
  • Asset acquisitions
  • Trade arrangement and technology transfers
  • International trade
  • Aviation
  • Oil and gas industry contracts and developments
  • Power and other energy projects
  • Water resource contracts and projects
  • Telecommunications and satellite, transaction including basic, cellular and satellite system
  • Broadcasting law and policy
  • Data communications, computer and information, and technology

 

We are uniquely positioned in advising our domestic and international clients on joint ventures, collaborations and technology transfers. We also assist in obtaining statutory permission and sanctions from various regulatory and Government bodies, Departments and agencies. We are involved in a big way in infrastructure development, particularly telecommunication sectors including multinational companies, which is now being undertaken in Bangladesh. Energy sector is one of the firm’s prime focus and is instrumental in setting up of the major power projects in the country. We regard it as important to understand fully the nature of each client’s business, the markets in which the clients operate and the real business issues involved in the matters we work on. The team of experienced lawyers is well conversant with all the corporate procedures, compliance and regulatory issues, and the various avenues of law necessary in order to set up a business in Bangladesh, including employment and immigration, customs and tax matters.

Banking & Finance

The expertise of the firm is in offering legal services to banks, financial institutions and corporate entities in Bangladesh. Our associates worked for the World Bank project in conjunction with Bangladesh Bank, which is namely “Central Bank Strengthening Project”, a project for the reform of Banking Laws of Bangladesh -Bank Company Act, Financial Institutions Act, Bangladesh Bank order etc. We are regularly involved in advising our clients in various financing transactions, loans and project financing. In the area of corporate finance, our work covers rights issues, private placements, corporate restructuring, schemes of arrangement and advice on security regulations. This department handles a wide variety of work including

 

  • Public offerings,
  • Listings,
  • Private placements,
  • Global depository receipts,
  • Bonds,
  • Loan documentation,
  • Consortium lending,
  • Lease finance,
  • Project financing,
  • Security documents,
  • Asset Financing
  • Bank Lending
  • Capital Markets
  • Debt Restructuring
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Banking
  • Project Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Syndicated Lending
  • Security Documentation
  • Insurance work, and
  • Commercial conveyance.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

  • Arbitration (international and local)
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Commercial crime
  • Debt recovery
  • Foreclosures
  • Securities and futures
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance
  • Property and construction

 

The lawyers of Legal Compliance pride themselves as having one of the largest and strongest litigation department in the country. The firm’s litigation team is conversant and aptly able to cover litigation involving wide range of issues, such as banking, commercial contracts, shareholders’ disputes and other corporate matters, commercial crime, commodities and futures, construction, employment, insurance, insolvency, debt recovery etc. The firm also advises on alternative dispute resolutions and negotiated settlements. Some of the partners are experienced in dealing in the area of Arbitration and are currently involved in number of Arbitration proceedings.

Customs, Customs Bond, Revenue and Taxation

Bangladesh has a very integrated personal and corporate tax system. We closely follow all legislative changes and court decisions to provide cost effective advice and assistance to our clients. Some of the services which are provided by the firm includes:

 

  • Commercial taxation (viz. excise duty, customs duty, and sales tax),
  • Corporate and personnel income tax
  • Off-shore tax planning,
  • Company and partnership income and capital gains tax,
  • Tax effectiveness of commercial ventures, and
  • International tax planning
  • Value added tax (VAT).

Power Plant & Energy Sector

  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU);
  • Joint Venture Agreement (JVA);
  • Power Purchase Agreement (PPA);
  • Implementation Agreement (IA);
  • Shareholders & Share Subscription Agreement;
  • Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract;
  • Operation and Maintenance (O&M);
  • Agreement for Debt Financing;
  • Obtaining tax benefits as per private sector power generation policy;
  • Formulating CST;
  • Obtaining exemption on stamp duties;
  • Obtaining exemption from duty on import of machinery, equipment, and all materials for the Project;

Legal Compliance team is especially experienced in projects related to Power Generation in Bangladesh. Legal Compliance gets engaged in both advising and negotiating, on behalf of its client, on the wide range of legal issues relating to the development, generation, use and regulation of power supply. Our team also advises on the full range of legal issues relating to the establishment of Coal Fired as well as Solar Based Power Plant.

Health & Professional Training Sector

  • Establishment of a hospital in affiliation with international public body;
  • Agreement for technology transfer;
  • Procuring license for Private Clinic and Hospital;
  • Procuring license for Pharmacy;
  • Procuring license as training centre;
  • Procuring Environment Clarence Certificate;
  • Oversee mergers and acquisitions;
  • Assist physician practices and employed physicians with integration into larger healthcare entities
  • Creation of insurance plans. (Many health systems are developing their own plans to better serve their patient populations.)

Legal Compliance team gets engaged for the establishment of the new hospital & training institute, set up various rules and regulations, getting various permissions from different government organizations. We assist physician practices and employed physicians with integration into larger healthcare entities.

Sustainable Agro-Technologies, Media-related contracts & Micro-credit

  • Green Business
  • Micro finance
  • Micro Credit, etc.

Sustainable Agro-Technologies & Micro-credit clients benefit from Legal Compliance’s well-deserved reputation as a policy powerhouse. We also assist our client in development of green business and micro finance.

Legal Compliance is working for Media-related contracts (distribution and carriage arrangements, network deals, acquisition and distribution of content, interactive services, communication contracts, etc.). We also work for national and international regulation of the telecommunications and media sector, management of collective rights (optimization & acquisition of rights), advertising-related contracts – Clearing of advertising campaigns – Digital marketing, Software development, maintenance and licensing agreements, SLA, SaaS, … – website audits, E-commerce activities.

RMG Sector

  • Establishment of new Business;
  • Company formation;
  • Service Agreement;
  • Social Compliance;
  • Trade Union;
  • Gender Issues, etc.

Legal Compliance is working for the establishment of garments factory (manufacturing unit) by means of Foreign direct Investment and provides support in obtaining regulatory approvals. We arrange IRC, ERC, BIDA permission, trade licence, joint venture agreement etc. Legal Compliance also works for compliance, gender issue, labor related dispute, etc.

Real Estate & Environmental Law

  • Building Management
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Development Projects
  • Joint Developments
  • Joint Ventures
  • Leases
  • Mortgages
  • Project Finance
  • Property Restructuring
  • Retail Transactions
  • Search and Report from Land Registry
Our services in title investigation, purchase, Sale and development of real estate have been used by a large number of developers of commercial and residential projects. Our work in this field can be categorized as follows (i) joint venture development, (ii) development of townships, (iii) development and promotion of real estate, (iv) lease and sale documentation, and (v) title investigation.

 

We regularly counsel clients in every substantive area of environmental law including air, water, mining, solid waste, hazardous chemicals, infectious waste, underground storage tanks, commercial transactions pollution insurance and real estate transactions. We also do work involving regulatory and compliance matters including assisting businesses in interpreting and understanding the complex maze of environmental laws and regulations. We also advise buyers, sellers, banks and other lenders of the environmental aspects of proposed corporate and real estate transactions and on avoiding liability for contaminated real estate. We assist our infrastructure clients to obtain environmental clearances for their projects.