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Bangladesh Desk
Sector-led advice and coordinated execution between Bangladesh, the UAE and international markets.
Saeed Al Mheiri Advocates and Legal Consultants provides a dedicated point of contact for clients whose business or disputes involve Bangladesh. Led by MD Moniruzzaman Saddam, Head of Shipping Law at our Dubai office and Managing Partner of our Dhaka office, the Bangladesh Desk brings together sector knowledge, local insight and disciplined cross-border matter management.
We act for and support shipowners, charterers, ship managers, commodity houses, energy businesses, investors, lenders and other commercial organisations. Our approach combines early risk assessment, clear matter ownership, proportionate staffing and a strategy aligned with the client’s commercial objective.
A coordinated cross-border service
The Dubai office provides the principal international point of contact and leads strategy on Dubai-engaged and international matters. The Dhaka office provides local access, factual and procedural support, and Bangladesh-law services within the applicable professional framework. Each engagement identifies the responsible legal entity, scope of work and jurisdictional responsibility. Where additional capability is required, we coordinate with suitably qualified counsel, experts and authorities.
This structure is intended to give clients a responsive and commercially coherent service across both jurisdictions, without unnecessary duplication. It is particularly suited to businesses requiring Dubai-led advice with reliable execution and support in Bangladesh.
Core capabilities
SHIPPING AND MARITIME DISPUTES
- Time, voyage, tanker and offshore charterparty disputes
- Hire, off-hire, demurrage, laytime and vessel-performance claims
- Cargo claims, bills of lading, bunkers and maritime debt recovery
- Ship sale and purchase, ship management and marine-services contracts
- P&I, FD&D, hull and machinery, collision and port-related matters
- Ship arrest and release, including security, enforcement and coordination with port authorities
- Bangladesh port, terminal and maritime regulatory matters
LMAA, SCMA and DIAC arbitration support
OIL, GAS AND OFFSHORE
- Offshore-support vessel and marine-services agreements
- SUPPLYTIME, SHELLTIME and tanker charterparty matters
- Energy transportation, terminal and logistics arrangements
Contractor risk, delay, non-performance and operational claims
COMMODITIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Commodity sale, purchase, agency and distribution agreements
- Letters of credit, CAD transactions and trade-finance disputes
- Non-delivery, quality, quantity, freight and storage claims
- Customs regulation, import and export compliance, clearance, detention and duty disputes
Commercial debt recovery, termination and negotiated settlement
Customs regulation, import and export compliance, clearance, detention and duty disputes
- Market-entry analysis and investment-structure coordination
- Company establishment, joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements
- Corporate and commercial due diligence
- Investment, infrastructure, port, logistics and energy projects
- Investment, infrastructure, port, logistics and energy projects
- Regulatory, licensing, employment and operational-contract support
- Regulatory, licensing, employment and operational-contract support
Restructuring, exit planning and investment-dispute assistance
How we work
Single point of contact.
Clients receive clear ownership of the matter and coordinated communication between Dubai and Dhaka.
Sector-led strategy.
Advice is informed by the practical operation of shipping, energy and commodity transactions, not merely by the wording of the contract.
Sector-led strategy.
Advice is informed by the practical operation of shipping, energy and commodity transactions, not merely by the wording of the contract.
Proportionate delivery.
The team and workstream are matched to the value, urgency and complexity of the instruction.
Who we support
Our Bangladesh Desk is designed for shipowners, charterers, ship managers, P&I and FD&D interests, commodity traders, energy and offshore businesses, logistics providers, investors, lenders and professional advisers requiring dependable cross-border support.
Speak to our Bangladesh Desk
For enquiries involving Bangladesh, the UAE or connected international markets, please contact Saeed Al Mheiri Advocates and Legal Consultants through our Dubai office.
Leadership
MD MONIRUZZAMAN SADDAM
Head of Shipping Law – Dubai Office
Managing Partner – Dhaka Office
Advocate, Bangladesh Bar Council
M Saddam’s practice focuses on Charterparty and bill of lading disputes, Arbitration, cargo claims, cargo indemnity claims, inter-club agreement claims, Hire and off-hire claims, bunker claims, speed and consumption claims. Insurance claims, Ship arrest and release, sale and purchase claims.
LEGAL NOTICE
Services are provided subject to applicable laws, licensing requirements and professional rules in each jurisdiction. Bangladesh-law matters are undertaken by, or in coordination with, appropriately qualified and authorised Bangladeshi advocates. Website content is general information and does not constitute legal advice.
