Your Trusted Advisor

Sattar&Co. provides high quality and effective legal services to the business community in Bangladesh. It also regularly advises foreign companies planning to do business or operating in Bangladesh. Our commitment to the client’s success is central to every relationship we build.

“Sattar&Co. is a versatile legal practice with particular experience in advising multinational and international corporate clients on their interests in the Bangladesh market, including with regard to employment and energy law. The team is also experienced in assisting local banks and foreign lenders with cross-border M&A, as well as joint venture contracts. The firm is particularly well placed to advise on Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) regulations in Bangladesh.”

- Chambers and Partners 2024

“Sattar&Co. has a good grip on how to conduct and participate in the dispute resolution process. They have a good record of that. They provide their feedback and assistance within their commitment and try to mitigate every obstacle. They are updated and always keep an eye on the latest laws, ordinances etc. They have full support both technological and manual. They can take workload and can deliver the same within the time period.”

- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

“Sattar&Co. tackles an impressive range of commercial disputes in Bangladesh, often before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The team is especially active on matters involving non-performance of duties, defaulted loan payments, breach of contract and shareholder issues. Its lawyers are particularly skilled at undertaking litigious banking and finance cases.”

- Chambers and Partners 2024

“Sattar&Co.’s dispute resolution and litigation team is particularly strong in the fields of commercial disputes and corporate litigation. In particular, the firm is well known for defending banks and other financial institutions within Bangladesh before the High Court Division in relation to admiralty matters, company law and customs matters.”

- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

“The legal team at Sattar&Co. in Dhaka is regularly mandated on project development matters on both renewable and non-renewable power projects, including expertise in Power Purchase Agreements (PPA). The firm also takes on transactional work and has strong expertise in the solar space [solar power sector].”

- Chambers and Partners 2024

“From the very first day of reaching out to Sattar&Co., their management team and staff have communicated, planned and delivered with a very high client focused quality. Sattar&Co. has proven to be a stand out legal firm in the industry in terms of professionalism and very strong business ethics. They have advised us, guided us and enabled us to not only resolve our energy requirements at our factories, but also that the energy providing firm provides us a trouble free and highly satisfactory service.”

- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

“Barrister Sameer Sattar represents a wide range of corporates in their commercial issues, and is particularly skilled at taking on mandates for banking clients. He represents clients in both high-stakes litigation and arbitration.”

- Chambers and Partners 2024

“Sattar&Co.‘s corporate team is frequently engaged on high profile corporate transactions in Bangladesh, with particular experience in advising domestic and multinational corporations within the aviation, employment, energy, pharmaceutical and media sectors. The team is also advises on joint ventures, corporate restructurings and foreign direct investments. The main of point of contact for the team is Barrister Sameer Sattar, the head of the firm who’s known for his strong practice in M&A and labour law.”

- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

“Barrister Sameer Sattar heads the team in Dhaka. He is frequently complimented for his expertise in corporate matters, routinely assisting clients in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT), retail and healthcare sectors with a variety of issues, as well as handling employment matters.”

- Chambers and Partners 2024

Sunday, 8 December 2024