The Companies Act 1994 is the enabling act in Bangladesh which deals with entire companies affairs; whether it is private, public or company limited by guarantee etc.

While company formation and business setup formalities are matters of investment law, corporate transactions covers affairs like holding general meeting, filing annual return, share transfer, M&A, company takeover, company due diligence, raising capital, conversion of private to public or such other transactions, issues pending with Registrar of Joint Stock of Companies and Firms where there is no need for filing petition before company court or bankruptcy court. In a major share acquisition and take over work, ensuring all legal and regulatory compliance etc by conducting due diligence, share valuation and preparing shareholders agreement etc, requires significant experience and team work. Besides, both management and shareholders requires regular corporate advisory support on several issues involving company’s laws and practice. Rahman’s Chambers handled several corporate transactions of different kinds ranging from simple to complex from very inception.

Corporate reorganization, takeover, and general corporate affairs are our core practice areas from the very inception. We are working for one major group of companies as their retainer from very inception for nearly 11 years and taking care of their almost all corporate affairs. We have a wide range of expertise ranging from drafting the resolution and filing an annual return to dealing with highly complex corporate reorganization and share acquisition. We acted as a legal consultant on various transactions including issuance of preference shares, dozens of transfer of shares, converting a private limited company to public etc. Our client includes individual stakeholders, local enterprises, foreign investors and multinational companies. We have specialized lawyers from service team and consultancy team who as a part of corporate department deals with corporate transactions and related affairs which requires not only legal knowledge, expertise but also the expertise of working in government offices. Among the few other major business ventures, we have worked for a US & German investor on share acquisition and later, on share transfer and exit. Our client says: