Saief Ahmad

Mr. Saief Ahmad is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and has a wealth of experience in representing our international and domestic clientele in wide-ranging areas of law. His present area of diversified practice includes energy, corporate and commercial transactions, project financing, privacy law, IT, customs laws, merger and acquisition, company, banking, project financing, financial crime, dispute resolution, labour and employment. He is also recognized for corporate commercial litigation in the Courts and Tribunals and has acted as a counsel in some notable arbitration involving construction, EPC Contracts, public procurement, IT and real estate in ICC, SIAC, REHAB and on ad hoc basis. He has also acted as the in-house legal counsel for Sungrow Renewable Energy Investment Pte. Ltd. and Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited & Decatur Inc. 

Mr. Ahmad’s clientele includes some notable multinational companies namely, Anowara Group, Standard Bank Limited, Mercantile Bank Limited, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, Manama Properties Limited, Raja Corporation and Standard Fleets Ltd. In addition to advising multinational companies and financial institutions on a regular basis, he has also advised some of the major banks in Bangladesh such as Standard Bank Limited, State Bank of India and Mercantile Bank Limited on a wide range of Banking law matters including but not limited to debt restructuring, recovery of loans, securities, and regulatory matters. Mr. Ahmad also collaborated with Enhesa Inc. as a consultant, a renowned consultancy firm on numerous EHS compliance projects.

Mr. Ahmad holds a LL.M. Degree on Oil, Gas & Energy Law from the Robert Gordon University & has obtained his LL.B, Postgraduate in Law, from the University of London.

Legal & Risk Control Manager (May 11, 2021 - Continuing) 

SUNGROW RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT PTE. LTD. 
Location: Raffles Quay, Singapore. 
Duties/Responsibilities: 

1. Drafting, negotiating & reviewing Project Finance related Agreements, Joint venture Agreements, Service Agreements, EPC Contracts, FDIC yellow book conditions, O & M Agreements, Sub-Contractor Agreements, Power Purchase Agreements, Implementation Agreements, Letter of Intent, Board Resolutions and correspondences to Government. 
2. Project contract, documentation and agreement management.
3. Successfully negotiated and closed a merger & acquisition transaction for a Wind Power Project in Vietnam. 
4. Acted as an internal counsel for DAB proceeding and ICC & SIAC Arbitration proceeding to resolve an EPC contract related dispute amounting to $ 25 million. 
5. Maintaining liaison with Government Regulatory Agencies.
6. Monitoring and implementing FCPA & UN Global Compact compliances for transactions.
7. Worked on forming private limited company in Singapore.
8. Conducted large scale due diligence of land documents for project site and Transmission line acquisition in Bangladesh & Myanmar.
9. Advised on matters relating to successful IPP bidding documents for Indonesia & Bangladesh Market.  
10. Advised on Taxation & Customs Excise and Commercial matters. 
11. Managing a team of 3 (three) subordinates.

Executive (January 6, 2020 – May 9, 2021)

TIGER IT BANGLADESH LIMITED 

Location: Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Department: Legal & Compliances Department.

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Providing legal advice on cross-border transactions taking place in USA, Singapore, UAE & Bangladesh.
2. Managing a venture capital and grants fund of $2 million located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
3. Drafting and implementing policies, such as ISO 27001 and other policies.
4. Ensuring compliance of competition regulations. 
5. Maintaining and obtaining permits & licenses in Bangladesh, Poland, UK and Turkey.
6. Was part of the team to implement an organization wide effective integrity compliance program, as per World Bank Anti-Corruption Sanction Guidelines.
7. Advised on Government Procurement Regulations of India, Philippines, Bhutan, Nepal, Nigeria, Kenya & Bangladesh.
8. Registered Patent with UK Intellectual Property Office.
9. To conduct investigations as a member for the internal disciplinary committee.
10. Drafted, negotiated and implemented, License Agreements, Terms of Use, Partnership Agreements, OEM Agreements, Installation & Maintenance Contracts, Government Procurement related Agreements, Privacy & Data Security policies, especially in compliance with ISO 27001, GDPR and US data protection guidelines.   
11. Legal Contract Management and correspondence drafting.      

Consultant (May 5, 2020-October 15, 2020)

(Part-time; Contractual)

ENHESA Inc. 

Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Reporting Health, Safety, Importation, Supply Chain, Transportation and Environmental regulations.
2. Monthly report of new legislative updates.
3. Prepared labelling, packaging, consumer protection and recycling related audit protocols.
4. Updating regulatory audit protocols for the regions of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan & Myanmar. 
5. Drafting Health, Safety, Environmental and risk management Policies.
6. Legislation and regulation impact forecast.
7. Drafting MSDS or Safety Data sheet for various projects.

Legal Executive (November 15, 2017 - January 3, 2020) 

RANCON AUTOS LIMITED (RANGS Group) 
Location: Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
Department: Legal Affairs.

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Drafted and implemented internal policies & guidelines as per legal compliances.
2. Drafting and reviewing distributorship agreements, agency agreements & dealership agreements.
3. Managing and representing in court cases, ensuring and strategizing recovery of debt. 
4. Providing various legal advises on comparative advertising claims and issues.
5. Preparing monthly reports on legal, documentation and recovery issues.
6. Negotiated various distributorship agreements with Principals located in Netherlands, Singapore, China & India.

Associate (January 1, 2017 – November 4, 2017)

THE LAWYERS ALLIANCE

Location: Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Department: Consultancy and Litigation

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Legal Research on various corporate and commercial matters.
2. Furnishing legal opinions on various Banking regulatory compliance matters.
3. Conducting litigation on employment matters.
4. Conducting forums and workshop on various legal concurrent legal issues.   
5. Worked for Bangladesh, UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore based banks for project financing, bridge financing and syndicated loan related assignments. 

       Associate Lawyer (September 1, 2013 –August 31, 2015)

       ALIM HOSSAIN AND ASSOCIATES

       Chamber Location: Nurjahan Road,Mohammadpur, Dhaka   

       Department: Legal

      Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Preparing contracts and agreements.
2. Typing, formatting, amending contracts, letters, pleadings and other legal documents.
3. Land acquisition for various energy and manufacturing related projects. 
4. Conducting various cases in Civil, Criminal and Real-estate Arbitration Tribunals.
5. Reviewing and analyzing large volumes of documentary evidence, facts and witness testimonials.
6. Managing the flow of paperwork & communication.

Drafting Pleadings for Various Civil Revisions, Criminal Revision, High Court Appeals and Writs.

LLM -Oil, Gas & Energy Law-Robert Gordon University (UK)-Passing Year-2016

LLB - Law-University of London (External Program)-2013

Diploma-in Law-Law- -University of London (External Program)-2010

O Levels-Economics, Commerce, Accounting, Math, English & Bengali  -Edexcel International-2007