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A.B.M. Badrud Doulah
Managing Partner
Banking, project finance, energy and admiralty
Badrud Doulah is a well-known figure in Bangladeshi banking, finance and corporate-commercial law, with a long-standing international reputation among foreign clients and referring law firms.
He served as lead local counsel for the World Bank's 1996 Financial Sector Reform Programme, which redesigned Bangladesh's banking regulatory framework, and he drafted the Bankruptcy Act 1997. His practice covers infrastructure and power projects, advice to multilateral lenders and development finance institutions, and international arbitration.
Selected experience
- Acted for the Asian Development Bank on a limited-recourse syndicated financing.
- Structured documentation for early independent power projects in Bangladesh.
- Led the documentation team for SAARC Development Fund financing.
- Project finance and arbitration work for lenders including the European Investment Bank and China Exim Bank.
Admissions
- Advocate, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Written by Badrud Doulah
- Security for non-recourse infrastructure finance in Bangladesh
Finance & Projects · 30 June 2026