Ahnaf Chowdhury | Corporate Lawyer & Consultant
Corporate Transactions | Consultations | Dispute Resolution
Extensive Experience and Expertise
Ahnaf Chowdhury is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer based in Bangladesh. Ahnaf has acted as Bangladesh counsel for leading international law firms such as Sidley Austin, Kirkland & Ellis, DLA Piper, Baker McKenzie, Rajah & Tann and many more. He continues to represent and advise a number of prominent local and international clients across a broad mandate of briefs, including contentious and non-contentious matters.
In-depth experience across a variety of sectors/industries in Bangladesh means that you are assured to receive services of the highest industry standards, with professional fees that are among the most competitive in the market. Depending upon your requirements, a dedicated and experienced team of very competent lawyers and consultants are available to collaborate in order to provide you the legal services you need in Bangladesh.
Areas of Practice
Aviation
Advising on aviation leasing and financing arrangements, perfection of security instruments (hypothecation of aircraft), registration, de-registration and export of aircraft, advising on airlines General Sales Agent (GSA) registration, legal and regulatory requirements, duty-free zone sales regulations and other Bangladesh civil aviation related issues.
Banking, Financial Services & Foreign Exchange Regulation
Matters covered range from central bank regulations applicable to consumer/retail banking, corporate banking, micro-finance and anti-money laundering (AML), combating financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations to foreign exchange regulations across all matters subject to the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 and the Guidelines on Foreign Exchange Transactions such as capital and dividend repatriation requirements, inward and outward remittances etc. Services also include drafting and reviewing of collateral documents such as pledge agreements, hypothecation and mortgage deeds and representation in banking disputes and enforcement of security proceedings.
Corporate & Commercial
Versatile corporate and commercial legal services including cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), foreign direct investment, company formation, company secretarial, BIDA registration, foreign company branch/liaison office establishment, international franchise, distributorship and joint-venture agreements, in-bound private equity/investment structuring, corporate restructurings etc.
Dispute Resolution
Comprehensive range of services and experience in representing clients in litigation, arbitration proceedings and negotiations. Regularly appearing as counsel before the District and Sessions Courts of Dhaka in civil/commercial and criminal briefs. Assisted senior counsel in landmark cases before the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Successfully conducted numerous out-of-court settlements involving a number of high value claims/disputes.
Employment
Experience advising on the full breadth of employment/labour law matters including termination, dismissal, retrenchment and lay-off procedures and conducting disciplinary proceedings for breaches of discipline amounting to misconduct, severance packages, fire, health & safety regulations, issues pertaining to “contracting agencies”/outsourced workforce, independent contractors, issuance of work-permit for employment of foreign nationals.
Information Technology, Telecommunications & Fintech
Vast experience advising companies in the technology sector, particularly companies in the edu-tech and e-commerce space, online streaming platforms and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies. Broad range of services across various telecommunications related licensing, regulatory and legal matters, including representation and liaison at the regulator (BTRC). Extensive experience advising on digital unsecured private lending, online/digital microfinance and banking product regulations, settlement regulations applicable to payment service providers (PSPs), payment service operators (PSOs) and mobile financial services (MFS) companies.
Representing clients from across the globe and accepting briefs in a wide range of matters
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