A.B.M. Badrud Doulah

A.B.M. Badrud Doulah

An advocate at the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the highest rank among advocates in Bangladesh, Mr. Doulah is one of the best known personalities in the fields of Banking, Finance and Corporate- Commercial Law matters in Bangladesh. He is not only reputed in the context of Bangladesh but also holds a strong reputation internationally among Foreign Clients and Law Firms.

Perhaps the major contribution of Mr. Doulah for Bangladesh legal sector was his achievements at his role of lead local counsel in the Financial Sector Reform Programme under appointment from the World Bank in 1996. The Financial Sector Reform Program was adopted with a view to ensuring the effective role of the financial sector in the economic development of the country through structural and policy change. The project was instrumental in redesigning the banking regulatory platform and regulations of Bangladesh. He also drafted the Bankruptcy Act, 1997. He has also acted in many international and domestic transactions as well. He has wide experience dealing with infrastructure projects, PPIAF and PPI in Bangladesh. He has acted for numerous multilaterals and DFIs in various finance matters in Bangladesh. Some transactional work highlights are provided below:

• Acted for ADB in its first limited recourse sydicated financing in Bangladesh in Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Ltd.
• Acted in structuring almost all of the first generation independent power projects including Khulna Power Plant, Haripur Barge Mounted Power Plant etc.
• Acted as the team leader of D&D team that completed full model documentation for Bangladesh for all sorts of financing in operationalizing two IDA credit windows for the SAARC Development Fund
• Acted in a number of international construction, energy and mining arbitrations for clients like Hyundai Engineering, Niko, Arel Ingenierie, etc.
• Have been Acting in a large number of project finance matters for various multilateral financiers e.g. European Investment Bank, China Exim Bank, China Development Bank etc.
• Led the D&D team participating in World Bank’s Corporate Governance Assessment Project to assess the local regime with OECD counterparts and Impediments to International Integration Project.