Doulah & Doulah's multidisciplinary team is ‘very well placed to give clear advice with regard to all legal issues'. The group is led by A B M Nasirud Doulah 'a trusted partner in Bangladesh’. One of the group’s strengths lies in transactions, particularly those with cross-border elements across a range of sectors. As well as handing a multitude of corporate finance mandates, for which Amina Khatoon is often called upon, the group is also commended for its ’very good cooperation and very comprehensive assistance regarding complex loan structures.’ In the banking sector more specifically, it advises clients in cross-border financings, factoring, and other foreign exchange matters.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The Doulah team has proven to be very reliable with their advice and have the capability to cover most of the key areas of law where local support is needed (including competition and tax).'
  • 'Nasirud Doulah is very easy to deal with and very responsive. He is a trusted partner in Bangladesh.'
  • 'The firm is very well-placed to give clear advice with regard to all legal issues.'
  • 'A.B.M. Nasirud Doulah has excellent knowledge concerning local approval processes with regard to import transactions and related loan facilities, as well as the creation of loan collaterals, such as pledge of fixed assets.'
  • 'Very good cooperation and very comprehensive assistance regarding complex loan structures.'

Key clients

  • Commerzbank
  • Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation
  • Islamic Development Bank
  • Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited
  • The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
  • Export Import Bank of China
  • China Development Bank
  • China Agricultural Bank
  • China CITIC Bank
  • Mashreq Bank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Commerzbank
  • Akabank
  • Landesbank
  • BHF Bank

Work highlights

  • Advising Asian Development Bank on various aspects of its trade finance arrangements with a large number of private banks in Bangladesh.
  • Acting as Sponsors Counsel for $139m financing by Development Bank of Singapore in Dhaka North 36MW Waste to Energy power plant.
  • Acting for a consortium of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Ltd., China CITIC Bank and China Development Bank on the financing of $412m in a PPP toll road project.

Lawyers

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Practice head

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A.B.M. Nasirud Doulah

Other key lawyers

Amina Khatoon