AREA OF EXPERTISE
AREA OF EXPERTISE
- Laws relating to information technology and digital security
- Formation of IT companies
- Setting up branch and liaison offices of foreign technology companies
- E-commerce
- Online payment systems
- Advertising laws and consumer offers
- National Broadcast Policy
- Digital and Social Media platforms
- OTT platforms
- Legal and regulatory framework for fintech companies
- Advice on different types of commercial contracts for IT companies
Representative Work
- Advised the OTT platform, Spotify on Zero rating deals and net neutrality from a Bangladeshi legal perspective
- Advised the social media giant, Meta (formerly Facebook) on the extent to which its operations in Bangladesh may fall within regulatory purview
- Advised the apex trade body, Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) on the draft regulation and guideline on Digital and Social Media and OTT Platforms in Bangladesh
- Advised Bangladesh’s largest and the first online grocery platform, Chaldal on data protection and privacy laws
- Advised the first and largest online truck booking platform in Bangladesh, Truck Lagbe on a wide range of commercial contracts.
- Set up liaison office and obtaining extension of permission of liaison office of leading international payments technology company, Visa
- Formation of fully owned subsidiaries a multinational fintech company, dLocal
- Advised Visa on legal and regulatory framework for mobile financial services
- Advised SSL Wireless, largest payment aggregator in Bangladesh on contracts with participant banks and merchants
- Advised Visa on chargeback requests
- Advised Visa on implications of offering Transaction Underwriting Scores of consumers and merchants in Bangladesh
- Advised Visa on the legal implications of the collaterals given by Visa members to Visa
