Corporate & Commercial
Franchising
Structuring master franchise and licensing arrangements that work within Bangladesh's royalty remittance and trademark regime.
Franchising into Bangladesh turns on two practical constraints: the brand must be properly protected and recorded before the system launches, and royalty and franchise fee remittances need Bangladesh Bank treatment that has been planned for, not discovered at the first payment date.
We act for international brand owners and for Bangladeshi master franchisees, covering the franchise agreement itself, the trademark and know-how licensing that sits underneath it, supply and sourcing arrangements, and the regulatory steps that make the money move.
How we help
- Master franchise, area development and unit franchise agreements
- Trademark and know-how licence structuring and recordal
- Royalty and franchise fee remittance approvals
- Supply chain, sourcing and quality control terms
- Franchise system compliance, audit and termination
- Brand enforcement against former and unauthorised franchisees
Representative matters
- Acted on a number of large franchising transactions in Bangladesh.
Our writing on this
- LDC graduation deferred to 2029: what it means for pharmaceutical patents
The United Nations has deferred Bangladesh's graduation from least-developed-country status by three years, to November 2029. The TRIPS transition for medicines continues until then. The deferral buys time; it does not change what originators and manufacturers need to do with it.
- Madrid Protocol accession: what it would mean for rights holders in Bangladesh
An amendment to the Trademarks Act enabling Madrid accession is reported to be in progress. It would change how marks are filed in Bangladesh — and change what the work of protecting them actually consists of.
- The 2023 statutes: Bangladesh's IP law leaves 1911 behind
The Patent Act 2023, the Industrial Design Act 2023 and the Copyright Act 2023 replaced law dating to 1911 and 2000. Anyone still working from the old section numbers is working from repealed provisions.
- IP enforcement in Bangladesh: using treaty rights in a growing consumer market
Bangladesh is a first-to-file jurisdiction with a large and expanding consumer market. Brand owners who treat enforcement as a series of raids rather than a programme consistently under-recover.