Expertise
We have a long history of representing arrangers, agents, lenders, and participants. We also represent a large number of borrowers, which provides us a better understanding of all parties engaged in transactions. International commercial banks, investment banks, financing firms, pension funds, private equity and hedge funds, as well as local and international corporations, are among our clientele.
Tahmidur Rahman Remura Wahid brings significant experience in structuring, negotiating, and documenting debt financing agreements, including market standards for operating and financial covenants, intercreditor and subordination arrangements, and documentation in general, to any engagement. Our debt financing engagements are complemented by the firm’s industry knowledge in areas such as emerging markets, energy, oil and gas, health care, utilities, insurance, and pharmaceuticals.
Insights
The firm’s experience in other practice areas, such as mergers and acquisitions, project finance, leasing, securitization, capital markets, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, derivatives, intellectual property, environmental, litigation (including banking litigation), real estate, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and tax, benefits the Bank and Institutional Finance Group. Our lawyers collaborate to bring a breadth of knowledge and experience to our clients’ increasingly complex needs.
Our finance lawyers advise clients in the ever-changing field of lender liability and draw on the expertise of colleagues in other areas to deal with the environmental, bankruptcy, and tax issues that frequently arise in lending transactions.
Apart from Bangladesh, we regularly advise banks and other financial institutions in the United States on federal and state bank regulatory issues. We are knowledgeable about the Bank Holding Company Act (including Regulations Y and K), the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the National Bank Act, and various state banking laws.
We provide comprehensive EU and UK regulatory advice to clients in the financial services, insurance, and banking industries in the UK.
Experience
Tahmidur Rahman Remura Wahid TRW is a leading global law firm that provides national and cross-border legal solutions to our diverse client base. We have also earned a reputation for having extensive firm-wide experience in a variety of industries, including energy, financial services, insurance, and technology.
We are one of the largest Bangladeshi law firms in New York City and one of the largest South Asian law firms in London and Dubai, with over 110 lawyers in 6 offices spanning major financial markets around the world.
We have well-established strengths in emerging markets as a firm that frequently advises clients on assignments that span multiple practice areas and jurisdictions. Over a third of our lawyers are based in exciting growth markets outside of the United States, including China, Russia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. This is supplemented by our extensive network of offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Approach
We often serve a wide range of businesses and individuals with their banking, corporate, and financing needs in the following general areas:
- Structured transactions
- Securities creation
- Bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings
- Promoter funding/loan in exchange for shares
- Syndicate financing
- International finance
- Debt consolidation
Through services such as those provided as the elite banking law firm in Bangladesh:
Due diligence is being performed.
Transaction documents are drafted, negotiated, reviewed, and finalized.
Security document drafting, negotiation, review, and finalization
Providing regulatory advice on foreign currency loans.
Regulatory and implementation advice on securitization and factoring.
Providing advice on private placement and public debentures, bonds, and other securities.
Advising international lenders on regulatory aspects of securities creation and perfection.
Innovation
Banking and finance in Bangladesh have been evolving at a rapid pace. This has been accelerated further by technological improvements and the global economic condition. This has highlighted the necessity for lawyers to think creatively.
The legal specialists at Tahmidur Rahman Remura have considerable experience that aids in deciphering the complexity of various transactions. We believe in combining traditional legal practice with understanding of technical breakthroughs to assist customers with their specific business concerns.
Our team has advised a number of public and private sector banks, domestic/offshore and international financial institutions, NBFCs, equity funds, business advisors, and others on transaction structure and cost-effective solutions.
Due diligence is frequently performed prior to a business sale, private equity investment, bank loan funding, and so on. Typically, the company’s financial, legal, and compliance factors are examined and documented during this procedure. The important steps in the procedure are as follows: a) reviewing the terms of engagement, b) operational review, c) financial due diligence, d) reviewing taxes aspects, and e) reviewing the incorporation paperwork.
What are the necessary Banking and Finance laws and provisions in Bangladesh?
As a finance and bank laws expert in Bangladesh, one must comply to the laws and provisions of the country's existing banking and financial laws. The following is an entire list of acts and provisions in Bangladesh:
- Bank Company Act of 1991; Bangladesh Bank Order 1972
- 2013 Bank Company Amendment Act
- The Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881
- 1891 Bankers' Book Evidence Act
- Act on Foreign Exchange Regulations of 1947
- Act to Amend Foreign Exchange Regulations
- 1993 Financial Institutions Act
- 2015 Financial Reporting Act
- The Money Loan Court Act of 2003
- 2012 Money Laundering Prevention Act
- 2015 Money Laundering Prevention (Amendment) Act
- The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009
How to appoint Project Finance lawyers in Bangladesh?
To prevent the bank from putting the customer at a contractual disadvantage, it is essential to be able to project the appropriate image while still demonstrating a sound legal foundation.
It is necessary since Bangladesh's financial industry is characterized by high interest rates, and 1% of interest can make a substantial difference in larger transactions.
The project finance industry is a sector where banking attorneys and bank law specialists are frequently employed today. As banking attorneys typically work with banks, they are typically familiar with the complexities of the financing industry and what banks need when funding a significant project.
Numerous foreign organizations as well as domestic companies utilize this service from banking lawyers because they provide the best advise regarding the compliance of projects with Bangladesh Bank laws and regulations, as well as the optimal technique to structure a request for bank financing. However, this service is only offered in Bangladesh by a few of the country's most prestigious legal firms, and not all banking attorneys have access to it.
What are the essentials of a due-diligence in Banking law practice in Bangladesh?
Before a business sale, private equity investment, bank loan funding, etc., it is common to conduct due diligence. During this procedure, the financial, legal, and compliance aspects of a business are often evaluated and documented. The essential steps in the process are as follows: a) Reviewing terms of engagement; b) Operational review; c) Financial due diligence; d) Reviewing taxes considerations; and e) Reviewing incorporation paperwork.
What are the essential documents in a due diligence process?
There are different sorts of transactions, and the corresponding documentation requirements vary. In the majority of company-related due diligence, however, certain key documents are necessary. Article of association, Memorandum of association, Certificate of incorporation, Shareholding pattern, Tax and financial statements, Intellectual property documents, employee records, property documents, and statutory registries.
What is the Banking Portfolio of Tahmidur Rahman Remura Wahid in the finance sector of Bangladesh?
Our portfolio of services consists of Project Finance (including PPP across Infrastructure, Power and Energy), securitization, external commercial borrowing, trade finance, corporate debt, complex syndicated Loans, bilateral/ multi lender & consortium lending, structured finance, acquisition & leveraged finance, mezzanine and subordinated debt, derivatives, security creation including mortgage loans, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, real estate financing, debt & equity financing, and debt & equity financing.
About Barrister Remura Mahbub | One of the most innovative young lawyers in Bangladesh
Barrister Remura Mahbub is a finance partner and one of the Bangladesh's market leading international lawyers. She is head of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice, which advises corporates and financial institutions on outbound and inbound investments, projects and financings.
Meheruba has a diverse finance practice , representing large banks, financial sponsors, and corporations. She specializes in acquisition and structured financings, loan portfolio purchase and financing, real estate financings, and inbound and outbound transactions. She has extensive expertise in the energy and infrastructure industries.
Work highlights
Meheruba has acted on many high-profile Finance and Commercial deals in Bangladesh and India. These include advising:
⦾ Standard Chartered Bank on the sale of a portfolio of loans in Bangladesh, the first in a series of similar deals in Bangladesh as part of the government’s directive to banks to focus on the robustness of their balance sheets.
⦾ the lending and underwriting banks on the refinancing of US$6.9bn worth of debt uninsured by the Summit Group
⦾ Brookfield Property Partners on the acquisition and financing of Unitech’s real estate portfolio
⦾ Enron on the US$3bn Dhabol power project (since renamed Ratnagiri Gas and Power), the first ever inward investment into the power sector
⦾ the sponsor and borrowers on the Sakhalin LNG project, the world’s largest integrated oil and gas project and the largest LNG financing in Russia
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