Finance & Projects
Construction & PPP
Project development, concession structuring and construction contracting across Bangladesh's PPP and infrastructure pipeline.
- Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 · Ranked, Projects & Energy
- IFLR1000 · Financial and corporate
Bangladesh's public-private partnership framework runs through the PPP Authority under the Public Private Partnership Act 2015, with sector line ministries, the Public Procurement Act 2006 and donor procurement rules all bearing on how a project is bid and awarded.
We act on project development and permitting, concession and implementation agreements, FIDIC-based construction and EPC contracting, and the government support and offtake documentation that makes a project bankable. The firm's work includes PPP project development for the IFC and model documentation for independent power projects and an LNG terminal.
How we help
- PPP structuring, bid support and concession agreements
- EPC, FIDIC and turnkey construction contracting
- Implementation agreements and government support documentation
- Land acquisition, permitting and environmental clearance
- Variations, delay, extension-of-time and claims advice
- Construction arbitration and dispute boards
Representative matters
- PPP transaction advisory for IFC on the Maheshkhali FSRU LNG terminal — Bangladesh's first LNG terminal project.
- Advised on toll road and port PPP projects and on economic zone development.
- Model documentation for early independent power projects.
Mandates in this practice
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
Case studies
Recent changes in the law
Invest Bangladesh replaces BIDA, BEZA and the PPP Authority
The Invest Bangladesh Act 2026 came into force by gazette notification, creating a single investment authority under the Prime Minister's Office. It takes over the functions, contracts and staff of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority and the PPP Authority, and repeals their parent Acts and the One Stop Service Act 2018. BEPZA and the Hi-Tech Park Authority remain separate. Registration, work permits and the one-stop portal continue under the new name.
Our writing on this
- Clean energy in Bangladesh's power sector: the regulatory path to 2030
Bangladesh has committed to sourcing a meaningful share of aggregate generation from clean energy by 2030. The regulatory architecture to deliver it is only partly built — and the gaps are where sponsors take risk.
- Security for non-recourse infrastructure finance in Bangladesh
A limited-recourse lender in Bangladesh is relying on a security package assembled from several statutes and on risk cover that sits outside the package entirely. Both need to be designed together.