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Telecommunications

AREA OF EXPERTISE

AREA OF EXPERTISE

  • Significant telecommunications regulatory expertise
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Asset acquisition and disposition
  • Contractual and licensing matters
  • Making representations to Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on behalf of clients
  • Litigation challenging decisions/orders of the regulator and licensing matters
  • Corporate affairs of telecom operators
  • Regulatory framework for mobile financial services

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

  • Represented a multinational in its proposed acquisition of the entire passive mobile telecom infrastructure of one of the largest mobile telecom operators in Bangladesh: this deal was set to become the first of its kind in Bangladesh (Deal Value: USD 250 million).
  • Acquisition of Sheba Telecom by Egyptian telecom giant Orascom Telecom Holding to form Banglalink , one of the largest telecom operators in Bangladesh (Deal value: USD 50 million).
  • Represented Bangla Phone Limited in multiple Writ Petitions against BTRC (the regulator) on issues of possible breaches of the conditions of the Zonal Public Switched Telephone Network Licence (PSTN) and Domestic Data Communication Service provider, and the conversion of the zonal licence into a national one, etc.