Foreign Investment and M&A:
Market leading practice under this area. Major clients include Nokia, China Communication, Maxim, Evergreen etc. M&A Clients include China Railway, Zhenhua, Huawei, GlaxoSmithKline, Mitsubishi, HSBC etc.  Capital market clients include all major institutional investors including Morgan Stanley, Citi, CLSA, Credit Suisse, ABN Amro.

Infrastructure and construction:
Extensive experience in all kinds of infrastructure. Acted for the contractors in Jamuna Bridge. Currently advising Sinohydro in Padma Bridge and China Railway in First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Projects.

Power and energy:
Clients include SNPC, CMEC, Shanghai Electric, Isolux, CCC etc. Financing clients include Sinosure, CEXIM, ICBC , China Development Bank etc. M&A clients include AES, El Paso and CCE-Solar. Advised Weatherford, ONGC, OIL etc. for PSC and gas exploration matters. Currently advising Excelerate-Energy in the first regasification terminal project.

Taxation and employment: These are integral parts of D&D’s corporate practice with matters ranging from tribunal to appellate division of Supreme Court with clients like Gap, Walmart, BAT, GE, HP etc.

Telecommunication:
Assisted one of the finest with clients like Hyalroute, ZTE, Huawei, Telenor etc. in various regulatory, investment and M&A matters

SPECIALTIES:

• Intellectual property

Our IP practice is regarded as the strongest in Bangladesh, both for protection and enforcement. The firm implemented the concept of well-known mark for Nokia in Bangladesh and acted in IP enforcement for Sony against over 200 counterfeiters.

• Power and energy

We possess unparalleled expertise in the power and mining sector, structuring twenty-four power projects thus far.  The firm provides complete end to end corporate solutions to clients beginning from structuring advisory to reorganization, repatriation and winding up.

• Aviation

We have, undoubtedly, leading the aviation practice sector in Bangladesh with wide experience in this sector with respect to advisory work and drafting of documents on a wide-range of aviation matters, including protecting, perfecting, and enforcing ownership or security interests in aircrafts, cross border aircraft purchase, mortgage of aircrafts and aircraft parts, wet and dry leasing of aircrafts as well as financing of the full range of aircraft related transactions. As far as the lease financing capabilities of the firm is concerned the firm advises on all sorts of aircraft purchase, lease, mortgage, licensing, and lien etc. issues. The firm also has significant experience in handling carriers’ liability resulting from casualties, collision, pilotage, towing and salvage under Bangladesh law and international conventions.