Member Profile

Ferdausur Rahman is a partner of A.S & Associates, a Legal 500 Top Tier Ranked, IFLR 1000, AsiaLaw and Global Law Experts Reccommended corporate law firm in Bangladesh. Mr. Rahman has recently won AsiaLaw Regional Award for Outstanding Practioner-Bangladesh and has been recognized by AsiaLaw and IFLR1000 as a Highly Regarded Practitioner. Mr. Rahman is also ranked as a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers & Partners. Mr. Rahman is a legal professional and compliance specialist with business and HR knowledge who leads the Employment & Labour Sector, Corporate Governance, Compliance & Regulatory Matters, Issues related to Govt., Non-Profit & Charitable Organizations and International & Commercial Contract related matters of the firm. Mr. Rahman is also an expert of alternative dispute resolution mechanism and is an Accredited Mediator of CEDR, UK and has participated in various out of court settlement process on behalf of his clients.

A.S & Associates is a full service law firm, with particular expertise in the field of the Power & Energy, Corporate Structuring & Restructuring, including M&A, Banking & Financial Matters, Fintech and Telecommunication matters, Regulatory & Compliance Issues, Employment & Labor Matters and general corporate advisory. The Firm also has a strong presence in the field of Litigation, Tax & VAT and matters related to NGOs/NPOs. Mr. Ferdaus Rahman leads Regulatory & Compliance, Employment & Labor Law, Corporate Governance & Internal Control and NGO/NPO related practice areas. Mr. Ferdaus Rahman has vast experience of working with number of government agencies, national & international organizations and non-profit/charitable institutes as primary in-house and external counsel and is regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of Corporate Governance, Regulatory Compliance & Policy matters and Internal Control. He is currently acting as the Primary Legal Consultant for World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the Implementation of One Stop Services in Bangladesh and Legislative and G2G/G2B Processes reforms for improving investment climate and for Ease of Doing Business in Bangladesh. As part of his practice, Mr. Rahman has acted as off counsel/special counsel for local assignments of many leading law firms and CA firms, including Mayer Brown, Dentons, DLA Pieper, Hogan Lovells, White & Case, Deloitte, PwC and E&Y. He has also advised some of the global brands including Samsung, Huntsman Corporation, IFC, Benetton, Malala Fund, Water.Org etc.

Mr. Rahman’s expertise in the industry is reflected through his engagement as the Primary Legal Consultant for World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the Implementation of One Stop Services in Bangladesh and Legislative and G2G/G2B Processes reforms for improving investment climate and for Ease of Doing Business in Bangladesh. Mr. Rahman has been leading the legal and technical part of the national reform projects. As an expert of Internal Control, Mr. Rahman, in collaboration with Dentons (Germany) has advised Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“VW”), a global automotive group with automotive and automotive related products and services, in implementing its global Group Policies for Business Partner Due Diligence and Whistleblower System. On Regulatory Matters, amongst other notable projects, Mr. Rahman, in collaboration with White & Case LLP, has advised Jumo, an international Mobile Financial Services Platform for Mobile Network Operators and Banks for introducing Micro and Mobile Finance Services in Bangladesh. In collaboration with Mayer Brown LLP, Mr. Rahman has advised Deutsche Bank for introducing Factoring based transaction for purchase of rights receivable and accounts payable by international bank. He has also assisted Hogan Lovells, one of the top ten law firms of the world with regulatory framework analysis for Data Protection Law related to e-marketing and acted as Off Counsel for PwC in collaboration with local CA Firm for regulatory mapping of telecommunication regime in Bangladesh. Mr. Rahman has also acted as the lead counsel for Man Energy Solution SE, a concern of Volkswagen Group and Mitsui Corporation regarding validity and enforceability of e-signature.

Advising on cross border transactions Advising international corporations with regulatory mapping of local jurisdiction Assisting international corporations with structuring FDI in Bangladesh Assisting international corporations setting up operation with robust compliance mechanism Advising international corporations with regular operational matters for their subsidiaries in the country

Regulatory Advisory Regulatory Mapping Corporate Structuring Corporate Compliance Internal Control Employment, Labor and HR Laws Internal Policy and Governance

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority Bangladesh Power Development Board International Finance Corporation Benetton MSF (Doctors without Borders) ICDDR,B Himalaya Drug Company Ltd.

Partner; A.S & Associates (current) Head, Regulatory & Legal Affairs; icddr,b Adjunct Faculty; Eastern University and Bhuiyan Academy (External Campus of University of London)

• Policing the Police: A Judicial Intervention (Published in Corporate Livewire) • Bangladesh: The New Business Hub of Asia (published in Corporate Vision) •The Past & Future of Feminism and Gender Bias: The Legal Contribution (Published by TAGLaw) •Overseas Investment: A New Policy for Bangladesh (Published by IFLR1000) •Contractual Research Organization-A New Era of Opportunity (Published by TAGLaw) • Newspapers articles

Speaker of many professional skill building webinars, including with Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Organizations, focusing on robust internal control and compliance. Mr. Rahman regularly participates in different panel discussions and acts as resource persons For different workshops arranged by his clients or the Firm. Mr. Rahman regularly writes articles on Employment law in local daily newspapers and has Recently confirmed writing engagement with ILO.

Mr. Ferdaus Rahman is a regular contributor of the Thomson Reuters Trust Law Project, providing pro bono legal assistance to many leading INGOs including Watershed, SIMAVI, Malala Fund, Justice & Care, Ashoka India etc.

“Lawyer of the Year- Bangladesh at Asialaw Regional Awards 2020 “Outstanding Lawyer” for Corporate and M&A practices in Bangladesh - in the Asialaw Client Service Excellence 2020

Outside of legal profession, Mr. Rahman is an academician by passion, whether within the context of a class room or professional knowledge sharing workshop/seminar etc. Mr. Rahman collects watches, loves traveling and an aviation enthusiast.