Four areas of practice
Corporate & Company
Company formation with RJSC, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, board and annual compliance, share transfers, licences and permits, contracts, and restructuring or exit.
Corporate services →Tax, VAT & Customs
Company and personal income tax, NBR notices and audits, VAT registration and Mushak returns, customs valuation and HS-code disputes, and appeals before the Taxes, VAT and Customs tribunals and the High Court.
Tax, VAT & customs →Foreign Investors & NRBs
Entry structure and Invest Bangladesh (formerly BIDA) registration, Bangladesh Bank approvals, repatriation of profits and sale proceeds, work permits; and for Bangladeshis abroad, power of attorney, land, inheritance and NRB investment.
Investors & clients abroad →Courts, Land, Family & Criminal
Writs and appeals in the High Court Division, Artha Rin and cheque cases, arbitration, land title and namjari, flat and developer disputes, inheritance and warish, marriage, talaq and custody, and criminal defence.
Courts, land & family →Most matters in Bangladesh can be handled without being in Bangladesh
We act under a properly executed power of attorney, take instructions by video in your time zone, and send a written update after every filing, hearing and approval.
Foreign investors and companies
- Subsidiary, joint venture, branch or liaison office; 100% foreign ownership where the law allows
- Invest Bangladesh (formerly BIDA) and Bangladesh Bank approvals, economic-zone licences; work permits for expatriate staff
- Shareholder and JV agreements with Bangladeshi partners; due diligence on local counterparties
- Repatriation of dividends and sale proceeds; corporate tax, VAT, customs and transfer-pricing compliance
- Commercial disputes, arbitration before BIAC or abroad, and enforcement of foreign awards in Dhaka
Non-resident Bangladeshis
- Power of attorney drafted for Bangladesh, signed at the embassy or by apostille
- Buying, selling or protecting land and flats from the UK, USA, Gulf, Malaysia, Canada or Italy
- Inheritance, warish and succession certificates, and partition between heirs in several countries
- NRB investment, bonds and accounts; tax status, returns and remitting money home or abroad
- A court case in Bangladesh, represented at every hearing with a written note after each
Four undertakings, from the first call
Confidentiality
What you tell us stays within the chamber, whether or not you go on to instruct us.
A named advocate
One advocate is responsible for your file from the first conversation to the final hearing or filing.
A written scope
Scope, fee basis and the responsible advocate are set out in writing before any work begins.
A straight assessment
If a position is weak, or the cost will outrun the result, we say so at the start.
Led by a barrister whose own practice is corporate, tax and customs
Mohammad Rasel was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn and has practised in Dhaka since 2009. He advises companies, sponsors and families on company structuring and compliance, foreign investment, income tax, VAT and customs, and represents them before the NBR, the tribunals and the High Court Division. The chamber’s advocates also handle civil, land, family and criminal matters in every court in Bangladesh.
- Qualifications
- LL.B, LL.M, Bar-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn)
- Accreditation
- Mediator, Arbitrator & Negotiator
- Practice
- Corporate, Company Secretarial, Tax, VAT & Customs
- Languages
- বাংলা, English
We deliberately take on a limited number of matters at a time, so the advocate you meet at the first consultation remains directly involved throughout.Meet all our lawyers →
Written in the chamber, reviewed by a barrister, dated
Company tax return and corporate tax rates 2026-27: what a Bangladesh company files, pays and can deduct
Foreign investment in Bangladesh 2026: company, joint venture, branch, liaison office or zone, compared
Income tax for NRBs and expatriates 2026: residency, what is taxable in Bangladesh, and remittances
Cheque dishonour under section 138: the legal notice, the deadlines and the case in court
Begin in writing
Tell us the situation by email, WhatsApp or the enquiry form. A preliminary written assessment costs nothing: we say whether we can act, what the options are, which advocate would handle it, and the basis on which fees would be set.
If a conversation is then needed, a 30-minute video or telephone consultation with the right barrister or advocate can be booked online for Tk 10,000, credited against your fee if you instruct us. Work begins only after a written quotation, a signed engagement letter and a 50% advance. How to instruct the chamber
Send your matter in writing Book a 30-minute consultation →- Telephone
- +880 1772 137777WhatsApp available
- help@bdadvocacy.com
- Chamber
- 11B, 75-76 Kakrail, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
- Hours
- Sunday to Thursday, 10:00–18:00 (GMT+6)04:00–12:00 London (05:00–13:00 in summer) · 08:00–16:00 Dubai · 12:00–20:00 Kuala Lumpur