Corporate & Commercial Law
Jahangir & Jurists’s commercial practice encompasses advocacy and advisory work across a broad range of corporate and commercial law including drafting of documents and litigation.[1] Our corporate lawyers will help you grow, develop and achieve your commercial and strategic objectives.
We have enormous experience in many of the more specialist commercial disciplines, including banking, insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, media, telecommunications, energy, information technology, infrastructure projects such as road construction, export processing zones (EPZ), Special Economic Zone, International trade and business, exports and imports, intellectual property, project finance, business startup, partnerships, commercial contracts, merger & Acquisitions, employment etc.
We are committed to understanding your business needs, providing expert commercial and outcome focused advice and helping you achieve your business goals. [2]
As one of the most active teams of corporate lawyers in the Dhaka, Bangladesh we have the experience, resources and expertise to deliver your legal needs punctually and painlessly. Our commercial law team can help with day to day legal issues that might come up while running your business.
As to company, our team of legal experts assists you to incorporate company, fill annual return, change of directorship of the company, transfer of share, company winding up, drafting MoA and AOA, company name change. Our experts also work hard to help you in filling monthly VAT of your company and business; do work for Vat registration value declaration, trade license, Import Registration Certificate (IRC) and Export Registration Certificate (ERC), brach office registration and liaison office registration, environmental clearance, factory license and its renewal, registration concerning Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) etc.
What Corporate Services Do We Provide?
- Formation, Incorporation, liquidation, winding up of companies, joint ventures, structuring foreign investment;
- corporate/commercial agreements, mergers & acquisitions;
- regulatory compliance for business in Bangladesh;
- Selecting the appropriate entity type (private limited, public limited, joint venture, etc) under Bangladesh law particularly Registrar of Joint Stock Companies & Firms (RJSC) registration,
- Name clearance, drafting memorandum & Articles of Association, registration, obtaining Tax ID & VAT etc;
- for foreign-investment businesses: obtaining relevant approvals, licenses, bank account opening, etc.
- maintaining company registers (directors, shareholders) preparing boar/AGM minutes resolution;
- Filling annual returns, changes in share capital, change of registerd office, change of name, drafting memorandum of article and memorandum of association,
- secretarial support to ensure the company remains in compliance with the relevant law in Bangladesh e.g.; the Companies Act, 1994 and RJSC rules;
- Due diligence (corporate, legal, regulatory) on company;
- ensuring compliance with laws: Companies Act, securities laws if public company, tax laws, labour & employment law, data protection, environmental law,
- monitoring regulatory changes and advising management (especially for foreign-investment companies)
- Drafting of commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, licensing agreements, long tem supply agreement, service agreement, employment agreement; Dispute resolution, minority shareholder protection & litigation support by advising and representing companies in corporate disputes in the company bence of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court; litigation or arbitration before courts/tribunals of Bangladesh;