Evidence

Selected mandates.

A representative sample across energy, infrastructure finance, capital markets and brand enforcement. Each entry states the client, our role and the matter. Full citations and references are available on request.

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Selected mandates, filterable by sector. Each row gives the client, the firm's role, the matter and the sector.
Client	Our role	Matter	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 permittingCase study →	Energy / PPP
Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges	Acquirer's counsel	Acquisition of a strategic stake in the Dhaka Stock Exchange on demutualisationCase study →	Capital markets
European Investment Bank	Lender's counsel	Financing of a SASEC road corridor projectCase study →	Infrastructure
Mitsubishi	Local counsel	Advice on the potential acquisition of LNG assets in Bangladesh	Energy
Ophir Energy	Local counsel	Acquisition of Santos' Bangladesh exploration assets, and the subsequent Medco transaction	Oil & gas
Zhenhua	Bidder's counsel	Bid for three gas fieldsUSD 2 billion	Oil & gas
Sinosure and China Exim Bank	Lenders' counsel	Coal-fired independent power projects and related export credit cover	Power
General Electric	Local counsel	Power and energy projects in Bangladesh, including a sublease matter	Power
Asian Development Bank	Lender's counsel	Limited-recourse syndicated financing	Development finance
SAARC Development Fund	Documentation counsel	Led the documentation team for Fund financing	Development finance
Evergreen	Issuer's counsel	Hong Kong Stock Exchange listingUSD 135 million	Capital markets
Grameenphone	Counsel	Syndicated financingUSD 30 million	Telecoms
Royal Bank of Canada	Counsel	Secured lending	Banking
Commerzbank	Counsel	Money market and OTC product matters	Banking
Anwara Chinese Economic Zone / China–Bangladesh Iron & Steel Production Zone	Diligence counsel	Legal due diligence on economic zone development	Infrastructure
Nokia	Counsel	Established the well-known mark doctrine in Bangladesh across all classesCase study →	Trademarks
Confidential brand owner	Counsel	Supreme Court judgment establishing that parallel and unofficial-channel imports constitute use of a mark in the territoryCase study →	Trademarks
Sony	Enforcement counsel	Co-ordinated action against 160 counterfeiters	Enforcement
Casio	Enforcement counsel	Co-ordinated action against 60 counterfeiters	Enforcement
Crocodile, Saybolt and 3M	Enforcement counsel	Cross-border enforcement of treaty-based rights under the Paris Convention and the GATT framework	Enforcement
The World Bank1996	Lead local counsel	Financial Sector Reform Programme — redesign of the banking regulatory framework, and drafting of the Bankruptcy Act 1997	Financial sector reform
China Exim Bank	Counsel	Project financing of the 2 × 662 MW Payra thermal power plantUSD 2.4bn	Power
BIFFL, China CITIC Bank and China Development Bank	Counsel	Financing of a public–private partnership toll roadUSD 412m	Infrastructure
DBS	Sponsor's counsel	Financing of the Dhaka North 36 MW waste-to-energy plantUSD 139m	Power
Asian Development Bank	Lender's counsel	50 MW solar project developed by Fourth Partner EnergyUSD 30m	Power
ICD, Islamic Development Bank Group	Lender's counsel	Islamic line of finance to a Bangladeshi bankUSD 30m	Banking
Export Development Canada	Lender's counsel	Financing of new ATR aircraft for US-Bangla Airlines	Aviation
IFC, for the PPP Authority	Transaction counsel	Patenga Container Terminal	Infrastructure
ONGC, OIL, POSCO and Daewoo	Local counsel	Offshore production sharing contracts	Oil & gas
Samsung	Local counsel	Dhaka Airport Third Terminal; contractor arrangements on the Jamuna and Padma bridges	Infrastructure
China Shandong Hi-Speed and Sinohydro	Acquirer's counsel	Acquisition of a 49% stake in the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway49% stake	Infrastructure
Cementos Molins	Shareholder's counsel	Common shareholder in the Lafarge–Holcim merger	Corporate
Beringia and Pendekar Energy	Transaction counsel	Acquisition and consolidation of power plants	Power
Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing — Evergreen	Issuer's counsel	Bangladesh counsel on the Evergreen initial public offeringUSD 135m	Capital markets
Thaicom	Counsel	Mediation of a satellite claim during UNCITRAL arbitration	Telecoms
GE Capital Aviation Services	Claimant's counsel	LCIA arbitration to recover airline dues	Aviation
Wilmington Trust	Creditors' counsel	Judgment against an air operator and eleven affiliates	Aviation
Platinum Equity	Acquirer's counsel	Tax due diligence on the Hop Lun acquisition	Corporate
El Paso	Counsel	Successful corporate tax exemption	Corporate
FIFA	Rights holder's counsel	Protection of FIFA's marks against unauthorised use ahead of major tournaments	Trademarks
Devi CropScience	Applicant's counsel	Secured extended protection for an agrochemical patent	Patents
Confidential rights holder	Appellant's counsel	Supreme Court judgment recognising parallel imports as trademark use — a landmark for brand owners in Bangladesh	Trademarks

Matters are listed with client consent or where the transaction is a matter of public record. Values are as reported at the time. Dates are being confirmed by the responsible partner and will be added to each entry.

Case studies

Five of these, set out in full.

The client's problem, what we actually did, the outcome, and the partner who led it.

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Selected mandates.

Five of these, set out in full.

Bangladesh's first LNG import terminal

Acquisition of a strategic stake in the Dhaka Stock Exchange

SASEC road corridor financing

Establishing the well-known mark doctrine in Bangladesh

Parallel imports as use of a mark in the territory