Industry
Public Procurement
Bidding for government and donor-funded contracts — and challenging awards when the process goes wrong.
Public contracting in Bangladesh runs under the Public Procurement Act 2006 and the Public Procurement Rules 2008, with donor-funded work layering World Bank, ADB or JICA procurement guidelines on top. Bid conditions, eligibility and complaint timelines are strict and short.
We advise bidders on tender strategy, consortium and JV arrangements, bid security and compliance, and we act in review and challenge proceedings. Our senior partner has experience negotiating large construction and public procurement contracts.
What we do in this sector
- Tender review, eligibility and bid compliance
- Consortium, JV and subcontracting arrangements
- Bid security, performance guarantees and bonds
- Procurement review, complaint and challenge proceedings
- Donor procurement guideline compliance
- Contract administration, variations and claims
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
General Electric · Local counsel
Power and energy projects in Bangladesh, including a sublease matter
Anwara Chinese Economic Zone / China–Bangladesh Iron & Steel Production Zone · Diligence counsel
Legal due diligence on economic zone development
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
IFC, for the PPP Authority · Transaction counsel
Patenga Container Terminal
ONGC, OIL, POSCO and Daewoo · Local counsel
Offshore production sharing contracts
Samsung · Local counsel
Dhaka Airport Third Terminal; contractor arrangements on the Jamuna and Padma bridges
China Shandong Hi-Speed and Sinohydro · Acquirer's counsel
Acquisition of a 49% stake in the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway
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