Top Corporate Law Firm in Bangladesh — counsel on Fintech, M&A, FDI, project finance, intellectual property, employment law, immigration law and economic zone financing.
LegalSeba LLP is a leading corporate law firm in Bangladesh, established in 2017 and headquartered in Dhaka. With 10 years of continuous practice, the firm has served 300+ clients and closed 1,000+ mandates across ten flagship practices: Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance & PPP, Foreign Direct Investment (BIDA · BEZA · BEPZA), Banking & Capital Markets, Intellectual Property, Private Client & Wealth, Financial Services & Fintech, Tax & Regulatory, Maritime & Customs, Employment Law, Immigration Law, and Economic Zone Financing. Counsel includes Lincoln's Inn-trained Barristers and Advocates of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, advising multinationals, family offices and foreign sponsors on the matters that define South Asian commerce.
A corporate outlook.
An advocate's resolve.
We are an organisation built around the proposition that sophisticated legal counsel should be delivered with the discipline of a corporate, the precision of a craftsman, and the candour of a trusted advisor. Our clients — multinationals, conglomerates, family offices, and the founders of consequential companies — return to us because the answer they receive is the one they would have written themselves, had they known the law.
Top 12 Corporate Law
Practice Areas in Bangladesh.
LegalSeba LLP advises across twelve flagship practice areas serving multinationals, family offices, founders and foreign sponsors operating in Bangladesh and the wider South Asian corridor. Each practice is led by partner-level counsel with international training and full Bangladeshi regulatory expertise.
Mergers & Acquisitions
M&A counsel for cross-border transactions in Bangladesh — legal and financial due diligence, share purchase agreement (SPA) drafting, joint venture structuring, BIDA and BSEC regulatory approvals, RJSC filings and post-closing integration for foreign acquirers and local sponsors.
Project Finance & PPP
Project finance, public-private partnerships and EPC contracts in Bangladesh under FIDIC standards — BOT, BOO and concession structures, sovereign guarantees, host government agreements, multilateral lender compliance (IFC, World Bank, ADB) and ESG audits.
Foreign Investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) structuring, BIDA and Bangladesh Bank approvals, BEZA and BEPZA economic zone entry, profit repatriation, External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) compliance and cross-border tax planning for multinational investors.
Banking & Capital Markets
BSEC-regulated debt and equity issuance, IPO advisory, syndicated lending, Sukuk and Murabaha Islamic finance structures, ISDA derivatives, alternative investment funds (AIFs) and trade finance documentation.
Intellectual Property
Trademark registration with the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) under the Trademarks Act 2009; patent filing under the Patents Act 2022; copyright registration; industrial design and Geographical Indication (GI) filings; IP infringement litigation and licensing.
Private Client & Wealth
Estate and succession planning (wills, trusts), family constitution and trust formation, tax-optimised wealth structuring, asset protection, HNWI residency and dual-citizen tax compliance, inheritance and gift deeds for family offices and high-net-worth individuals.
Financial Services & Fintech
Digital bank and NBFI licensing, Payment System Provider (PSP) and Payment System Operator (PSO) authorisation, e-wallet and BNPL product vetting, open banking and API agreements, microcredit (MRA) licensing, AML/CFT and KYC frameworks under Bangladesh Bank regulations.
Tax & Regulatory
Corporate tax planning, transfer pricing documentation, VAT and supplementary duty advisory, customs duty and bonded warehouse counsel, NBR tax audit representation, DTAA international tax planning, expatriate tax and Withholding Tax (VDS) compliance.
Maritime & Customs
Admiralty and maritime contracts (Bills of Lading, Charter-Party agreements), vessel arrests, customs classification and duty disputes, Letter of Credit (LC) advisory, Incoterms negotiation, anti-dumping and WTO trade remedies, marine insurance claims and ship registration.
Employment Law
End-to-end employment counsel under the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 — employment and severance agreements, employee handbooks and HR policy, expatriate seconding, redundancy and termination strategy, workplace investigations, labour court representation, trade-union and collective bargaining advisory, ESOPs and executive compensation.
Immigration Law
Global immigration and work-permit advisory for expatriates and foreign sponsors — Bangladeshi work visa and PI/E/EW category permits, BIDA work permit applications, Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) liaison, residency and citizenship counsel, family reunification, exit and re-entry compliance, and outbound immigration support for clients across multiple jurisdictions.
Economic Zone Financing
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's economic zones — BEZA, BEPZA and BIDA-administered industrial parks — are the architecture on which the country's next decade of foreign investment will be built. We structure the capital that gets it built.
Investor Structuring
SPV formation, holding company architecture and tax-efficient capitalisation for foreign sponsors entering BEZA, BEPZA and Hi-Tech Park zones.
Land & Lease Negotiation
Long-form lease vetting, plot allocation advisory, sub-lease structuring and zone-specific land development agreements.
Project & Syndicated Lending
Onshore and offshore debt structuring, ECB approvals, security packages and intercreditor frameworks for zone-based projects.
Tax Holiday & Incentive Capture
Securing zone-specific incentives — tax holidays, customs exemptions, dividend repatriation rights and bonded warehouse benefits.
Regulatory Approvals
End-to-end coordination with BEZA, BEPZA, BIDA, Bangladesh Bank, Department of Environment and utility authorities for clearances.
EPC & Construction Finance
Drafting and negotiating EPC contracts under FIDIC standards, with parallel financing documentation and disbursement protocols.
Equity & JV Structuring
Joint venture frameworks, shareholder agreements and equity participation structures for foreign-local zone partnerships.
ESG & Multilateral Compliance
IFC Performance Standards, World Bank safeguards and Equator Principles compliance for internationally financed zone projects.
The people behind the practice.
Four commitments.
Held without exception.
Quality is non-negotiable.
The work we send out the door is the work we would accept if we sat on the other side of the table. Every memo, every clause, every filing is the product of a partner's pen — never a shortcut, never a template applied without thought. This is the standard our clients pay for, and the only one we know how to keep.
Integrity
Counsel given is counsel believed. We tell clients what they need to hear, not what is easiest to say.
Partnership
Long-term relationships, not transactions. Our second mandate matters more than our first.
Discretion
What is shared with us stays with us. Confidentiality is the foundation of every engagement.
Responsiveness
The window for legal counsel rarely waits. Neither do we.
A decade
in continuous practice.
Founding in Dhaka
TThe firm was established following its success at Startup Weekend Dhaka, a startup pitching competition organized by Google and FB Startup, and later endorsed by Seedstars, Amazon AWS. It was founded with the vision of integrating data and professional services into a unified platform aimed at enhancing transparency and accessibility within the service market. The initiative was further driven by the belief that South Asia deserved a corporate practice held to internationally recognized standards, and that the evolving landscape of regional commerce would increasingly demand such excellence..
Corporate & Regulatory Divisions Formed
Establishment of dedicated corporate, tax and regulatory divisions under partner leadership. First retainer engagements with local conglomerates and family-owned industrial groups. Working relationships built with RJSC, NBR, the National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Bank's regulatory desks.
First Multinational Mandates
The firm is retained by its first multinational clients on inbound investment, tax structuring and corporate compliance. The litigation practice opens before the High Court Division. Headcount expands with the addition of the Litigation Partner and the Head of Corporate Division.
EPZ Consulting & Cross-Border Practice Launched
A defining year. The firm formally launches its Export Processing Zone consulting practice and its cross-border advisory desk — advising foreign sponsors on BEPZA and BEZA entry, FDI structuring, profit repatriation and the regulatory architecture of inbound capital. Among the first firms in Dhaka to build a dedicated zone-and-cross-border capability under one roof.
Project Finance & M&A Practice
Project finance, EPC and M&A capabilities formalised under the corporate division. The firm closes its first multilateral-financed mandate and is engaged on transactional matters involving foreign acquirers, joint-venture partners and offshore lenders.
300+ Clients · 1,000+ Mandates
The firm passes 300 clients served and 1,000 mandates closed — a milestone reached not through volume marketing, but through the rate at which clients return for second, third and tenth engagements. Practice areas now span twenty-five distinct regulatory and transactional disciplines.
Intellectual Property & Cross-Border Capability
Expansion of the firm's intellectual property practice — trademark, patent, copyright and industrial design prosecution and enforcement — alongside continued growth of the cross-border advisory desk. Deepening relationships with multilateral institutions — IFC, World Bank and ADB — as advisor on local-counsel mandates and project due diligence.
Fintech, Capital Markets & Private Wealth
Launch of dedicated practices in financial services and fintech (digital bank licensing, PSP/PSO frameworks, AML/CFT advisory) and private client & wealth management. The capital markets desk advises on BSEC-regulated issuances, Sukuk structures and Islamic finance instruments.
Economic Zone Financing Practice
Formal elevation of Economic Zone Financing as a flagship practice — a dedicated team advising on BEZA, BEPZA and BIDA-zone capitalisation, land and lease negotiation, syndicated lending, tax-holiday capture and IFC-standard ESG compliance for foreign sponsors entering Bangladesh's industrial corridors.
A Decade. Ten Years of Counsel.
The firm enters its tenth year as one of Bangladesh's established corporate practices — counsel of record for multinationals, family offices, founders and sponsors across South Asia. Ten years of continuous practice. Ten years of one standard.
Some matters are better discussed
across a desk.
The firm accepts new engagements selectively. Where the matter is one we are equipped to lead, we move quickly. Where it is not, we will say so — and tell you who is.