Antitrust & Competition

 

With the rapid liberalization of trade and economy regulators have to set up ground rules for competition to safeguard consumer and business interests in compliance to international laws and treatises. Bangladesh is a member of World Trade Organization (WTO) and more specifically signatory to The General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade 1994. These make the country to develop its regulatory regime towards a competition regulated playground conforming the underlying rules and regulations of WTO. Bangladesh has enacted a Consumer Protection Act followed by the Competition Act, 2011 recently passed in the cabinet ready for enactment.

 

Doulah & Doulah offers a unique mix of legal, economic and regulatory expertise to the benefit of international clients from a range of industry sectors. The firm offers services to local market players to address adverse barriers in promoting their products including non-tariff barriers. Antitrust issues are increasingly complex and critical to the success of business. Doulah & Doulah offers clear, strategic and commercially aware advice on a broad-range of local and multi-jurisdictional antitrust matters.

 

Doulah & Doulah possesses unrivalled antitrust lawyers and expertise. The firm frequently advises on procurement related issues and unfair handling of procuring tenders.

 

Anti-Dumping Suit for Shrimp - The firm worked in one of the biggest anti-dumping lawsuits in United States with White & Case with respect to export of shrimps to USA and possible anti-dumping strategy applied by a number of countries. Doulah & Doulah being an expert in the field provided necessary legal opinion, legal research and evidentiary proofs.

 

Anti-Dumping Suit for Catfish - The firm worked in one of the biggest anti-dumping lawsuits in United States with White & Case with respect to export of catfish to USA and possible anti-dumping strategy applied by a number of countries. Doulah & Doulah being an expert in the field provided necessary legal opinion, legal research and evidentiary proofs.

 

It advised Amazon, Moneygram,  HP, Google, Grameenphone, ZTE, Tetrapak, AT&T, Virgin, YKK on various aspects of competition issues in Bangladesh

 

In addition offering market leading practices in the areas of M&A the firm has done all necessary research with respect to antitrust regulation for clients like Al Aqeeq, NDB Bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylone, ABX, KPS, Mitsubishi, GlaxoSmithKline, Huawei, AES, El Paso, Picnic Corporation, Jel Corporation, B2M technologies etc.