Industry
Aviation
Aircraft leasing, asset finance and civil aviation regulation for lessors, operators and financiers.
Aviation work in Bangladesh combines asset finance mechanics with Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh registration, deregistration powers of attorney, and the practical question of how quickly an asset can be recovered if a lessee fails.
We act for lessors, operators and financiers on leasing and purchase, registration and mortgage, and on repossession and enforcement.
What we do in this sector
- Operating and finance lease documentation
- Aircraft registration, mortgage and deregistration
- Asset finance and security structuring
- Repossession, enforcement and insolvency interface
- CAAB licensing and regulatory compliance
- Ground handling, maintenance and service agreements
Mandates in this sector
IFC and Excelerate Energy · Transaction counsel
Floating storage and regasification LNG terminal at Maheshkhali — the country's first LNG terminal, including PPP transaction advisory, project development and permitting
European Investment Bank · Lender's counsel
Financing of a SASEC road corridor project
Sinosure and China Exim Bank · Lenders' counsel
Coal-fired independent power projects and related export credit cover
Asian Development Bank · Lender's counsel
Limited-recourse syndicated financing
SAARC Development Fund · Documentation counsel
Led the documentation team for Fund financing
Grameenphone · Counsel
Syndicated financing
Royal Bank of Canada · Counsel
Secured lending
The World Bank · Lead local counsel
Financial Sector Reform Programme — redesign of the banking regulatory framework, and drafting of the Bankruptcy Act 1997
China Exim Bank · Counsel
Project financing of the 2 × 662 MW Payra thermal power plant
BIFFL, China CITIC Bank and China Development Bank · Counsel
Financing of a public–private partnership toll road
DBS · Sponsor's counsel
Financing of the Dhaka North 36 MW waste-to-energy plant
Asian Development Bank · Lender's counsel
50 MW solar project developed by Fourth Partner Energy
ICD, Islamic Development Bank Group · Lender's counsel
Islamic line of finance to a Bangladeshi bank
Export Development Canada · Lender's counsel
Financing of new ATR aircraft for US-Bangla Airlines
ONGC, OIL, POSCO and Daewoo · Local counsel
Offshore production sharing contracts
Thaicom · Counsel
Mediation of a satellite claim during UNCITRAL arbitration
GE Capital Aviation Services · Claimant's counsel
LCIA arbitration to recover airline dues
Wilmington Trust · Creditors' counsel
Judgment against an air operator and eleven affiliates
El Paso · Counsel
Successful corporate tax exemption
Confidential rights holder · Appellant's counsel
Supreme Court judgment recognising parallel imports as trademark use — a landmark for brand owners in Bangladesh