A.S & Associates is a leading Bangladeshi law firm based in Dhaka with a branch office at Mymensingh and a networked legal firm at Moulvibazar, Sylhet. The firm provides a comprehensive range of modernized legal services for both national and international clients.
A.S & Associates was founded by late Alhaz Abdus Samad, one of the pioneer advocates of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Furthermore, MrSamad is considered to be one of the veteran and leading income tax advisors of Bangladesh having long standing experience of more than 40 years. Besides excelling in his profession, he was a renowned social activist and, was elected as the President of Dhaka Taxes Bar Association and Treasurer of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Currently, the Chamber is managed by four (04) Partners and is comprised of a group of young energetic lawyers and seasoned veterans. The team of A.S & Associates ensures highly professional and positive legal assistance and advice in quick time. As a law firm, A.S & Associates believes in efficiency, effectiveness and success, which also define the characteristics of the firm. In recognition of its professionalism and the quality of the service it provides, for consecutive years, Legal 500, in its 2017 and 2018 Asia Pacific ranking of law firms, ranked A.S & Associates as Top Tier full-service law firm in Bangladesh.
Also, for its significant contribution in the legal arena for Financial & Corporate matters, IFLR 1000 has ranked A.S & Associates as the Recommended F&C Firm of 2017 and Recommended Firm for Bangladesh for 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Firm has recently been ranked as one of the 09 Recommended Firms of Bangladesh by AsiaLaw for 2019. The firm has been ranked as a Leading Team for Corporate Practice by Chambers & Partners. The Managing Partner and one of the Partners of the firm are also ranked as “Recognized Practitioners” by Chambers and Partners.The Firm has recently announced as the Winner of three prestigious awards at the AsiaLaw Regional Awards 2019, as the “Bangladesh Firm of the Year”, the “Client Service Award: Bangladesh” and Mr. Ferdaus Rahman, Partner of the Firm has been awarded as the “Outstanding Practitioner”.
Furthermore, A.S & Associates has become a Global Law Experts recommended Law Firm with a Global Law Experts Recommended Attorney in the Firm. Two of the partners of the Firm have been ranked as Highly Regarded Practitioners by IFLR1000 and the Managing Partner of the Firm has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer within the Jurisdiction by AsiaLaw. A.S & Associates has also become the first and the exclusive Bangladesh member of Tag Law-a worldwide alliance of independent Law Firms over 90 countries, and ADVOC, international network of independent law firms over 70 countries. Moreover, in recognition of its excellent and pioneer service, World Bank approached A.S & Associates to contribute in its several projects on pro-bono basis, which A.S & Associates gladly accepted, and since 2012, as part of its CSR activities, A.S & Associates had been participating in various projects of World Bank including “Doing Business Project” where the Chamber contributed to ‘paying tax’ and ‘enforcing contracts’, “Benchmarking Public Private Partnership (PPP) Procurement in Bangldesh-2017 Project” and “Benchmarking Public Procurement in Bangladesh-2017 Project”. Managing Partner of the Firm has been selected as the National Tax Reporter of Bangladesh by the International Bar Association (IBA) and he has been ranked as Recommended Lawyer by AsiaLaw.
in Bangladesh, the legal profession is still dominated with high volume of litigations. To ensure our clients are receiving best litigation supports, we offer litigation services through 03 (Three) separate wings of A.S & Associates, dedicated for the Criminal Litigations, the Civil Litigations and the Writ Matters at the High Court Division respectively. Each litigation team has its dedicated members and the team leader for expedited service to our Clients, Read Less
including issuance of suit, preparing response to suit documents, preparing appeal documents and its response and filing writ applications covering administrative and constitutional matters.Also, with the increasing growth of the corporate sectors, high volume of international commercial transactions between various local, international and multinational companies, and considering the increasing popularity of alternative dispute resolutions in light of the backlogs of litigations in the courts, we have initiated a separate wing dedicated for various types of alternative dispute resolutions, including arbitration, mediation and conciliation. Our team of ADR experts are assisting our clients with resolving their legal disputes through these alternative mechanisms efficiently.
Although Bangladesh is not developed in the industrial sector,
the progress of development in this sector is remarkable. Govt. of Bangladesh has introduced number of different legislations and policies, in line with international requirements, for protecting its labor market. Bangladeshi business ventures have no option but to comply with these domestic legislations and the international standard. Inevitably, these changes have warranted the employers to rely on subject matter experts to formulate their in-house employment rules, policies and procedures, business model and management style.
We have some of the leading professionals of this sector who can
provide you practical and professional advice for ensuring compliance with Employment & Labor laws. We offer various services, including but not limited to drafting and interpreting Policies, Service Rules and Due Diligence Reports, formulating process documents and maps, providing effective legal solutions to potential disputes, advising management to make smart and legal prudent business decisions related to employees, advising on issues related to hiring, firing and benefits etc and structuring and setting up different employee benefit funds in compliance with law. We have experience of working with some of the leading and largest employers of Bangladesh and we are a popular choice of their in-house counsels.
Real estate business is one of most rising ventures in Bangladesh.
This sector plays an important role for sustainable development of the economy of Bangladesh. In each year approximately 9,000 to 10,000 units of apartment deliver to the people who are expecting to be an owner of the apartment at the same time approximately 5,000 to 6,000 units of plot deliver to the people who are expecting to be a land owner. Currently, number of the members of Real Estate & Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), an association for real estate developers are 1,151 which was commenced with 11 members only in the year of 1991. The need is equal, if not more, for the hundreds of business start ups. With significant increase in the foreign investment, recognized business ventures are also
opening their branches and concerns in Bangladesh. These statistics clearly demonstrate that in coming years, the real estate sector would require specialized legal services, both for individuals and investors.
At A.S & Associates, we have an expert and efficient team, who are responsible to ensure the ownership of the respective plot and apartment by scrutinizing the land documents, negotiation with the parties and any other legal activities. Besides our legal team we also have an effective survey team who are responsible to ensure the possession status of the aforesaid land and/or apartment by conducting the physical verification on the concerned government authority.
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