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Provided by Akhtar Imam & Associates

Arbitration: The Partners handle international commercial arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, GAFTA, etc. Rules and the Arbitration Act 2001 and arbitration related litigation (for interim relief, setting aside/enforcement of arbitral award and arbitrator appointment).


Litigation: The firm specialises in company litigation (shareholder-management dispute, minority protection, share register rectification, share capital reduction, merger sanctions, etc.), judicial review of decisions of public bodies, banking & public interest litigation (PIL). The partners have acted as lead counsels in landmark constitutional, company and public interest cases before the Supreme Court.


Highlights:

  • represented GSA of Gulf Air in proceedings to enforce ICC arbitral award
  • represented ABB India Limited in an international commercial arbitration against PGCB (a government owned sole electric power transmission company) challenging imposition of excessive liquidated damages
  • shareholder-management disputes of Ittefaque, a leading national daily newspaper and Mirpur Ceramics Works Limited (oldest ceramics factory in Bangladesh)
  • defended the Voluntary Retirement Scheme of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in judicial review proceedings filed by its employees
  • landmark PIL that led to formulation of Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services for Road Accident Victims and Protection of Good Samaritans and for Prevention of Medically Unnecessary C-sections and reform of the Human Organ Transplantation Act

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Akhtar Imam

Head of Department

Reshad Imam

Clients

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AB Bank Limited

ABB India Limited

BAIRA

BASIS

Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust

Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Chaldal Limited

Delta Life Insurance

Facebook

GBB Group

Grameenphone

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh

Japan Tobacco International

Lakehead Grammar School

National Finance Limited

PUBG

Pubali Bank Limited

SSL COMMERZ

Singer Bangladesh

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Banking & Finance

E-commerce

Education

Fintech

Insurance

NGO

Power

Social and Digital Media

Tobacco

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