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Corporate, Contracts & Advisory

Business Setup in Bangladesh

End-to-end setup and regulatory support — structuring, registration, licensing and post-setup compliance.

What it is

Establishing a business in Bangladesh generally involves business structuring, company registration, tax and VAT registration, trade licensing, regulatory approvals, banking, foreign-investment compliance, employment and operational permits. We provide end-to-end support across all of it, so nothing is discovered too late.

What this covers

Business Structuring

Selecting the appropriate legal and ownership structure for the intended business.

Regulatory Roadmap

Identifying every authority, approval, document, fee and timeline that will apply.

Company & Licensing Support

Incorporation, trade licence, TIN, VAT and sector-specific registrations.

Investment & Foreign-Exchange Compliance

BIDA, Bangladesh Bank and repatriation-related matters.

Tax & Compliance Advisory

Tax planning, VAT, customs and statutory compliance from the outset.

Premises & Operational Support

Due diligence on land or premises and the local approvals the operation requires.

Challenges we address

Multiple regulatory authorities

Overlapping requirements across several authorities, resolved into a single roadmap.

Complex approvals and licensing

Approvals that are time-consuming and easy to sequence wrongly.

Tax, VAT and customs compliance

Obligations that must be structured before they are incurred.

Foreign investment & exchange rules

Foreign-investment and foreign-exchange regulations governing capital and repatriation.

How we work

  1. 1Assess the business, sector and ownership plan
  2. 2Issue a written regulatory roadmap
  3. 3Prepare, submit and follow through every application
  4. 4Hand over a compliance calendar for the year ahead

Typically needed

  • Particulars of the proposed business and sector
  • Identification of owners, directors and shareholders
  • Proposed capital structure and source of funds
  • Premises details, if already identified

Our core role

From structure to licence to the first day of trading — we identify every requirement, prepare every document, and keep the business compliant long after it opens.

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