Managing Partner

Md. Russel Haque is qualified to practice as an advocate in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and is enrolled with the Bangladesh Bar Council and Member of the Dhaka Taxes Bar Association. He graduated from the University of London (LL. B Hons) and LL.M. He is also a member of the Dhaka Bar Association and Supreme Court Bar Association respectively.

Mr. Haque has significant experience and expertise in Civil & Corporate matters, Information Technology law, and Telecommunications law, which includes, Company matters, Energy law, labour issues, immigration, banking, trademark, copyright, and real estate. He has significant experience in constitutional and administrative laws of Bangladesh. Mr. Haque also holds expertise in advising the public-private partnership projects in Bangladesh and development projects in Bangladesh as well as regularly advising foreign and local corporates on a variety of regulatory and compliance matters. Currently he is the Managing Partner of Russel Partners.

Russel regularly advises foreign and local corporates on a variety of regulatory and compliance matters including company incorporation, structuring transactions, foreign investments, and public-private partnership. He also advises various expatriates of well-reputed companies with Corporate, Commercial & immigration matters. Russel also specializes in and works with government policy affairs and has substantial experience in that area. Russel has regularly advised respective foreign clients for obtaining industrial registration, Opening a Branch Office, Liaison Office and permission from Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Industrial and Factory plot obtaining permission from Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) and Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA), Russel advises Company incorporation (100% foreign and local ) from Registrar of Joint Stocks Companies & Firms Bangladesh, VAT and Tax issues of the Multinational Companies and appearing VAT and Custom Appellate Tribunal Regularly. Russel closely working with the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), JP Morgan USA, Magrath Global Singapore, April Asia-Italy, China Major Bridge Company-China, Rajah & Tann Singapore, Mitsubishi Bank of Japan, LCA Studio Legale-Italy, David & Chalk Immigration-Canada, Pearl Law Group-USA, Nishimura & Asahi-Japan, Target Sourcing –USA, Foster Wheeler’s Thailand Limited, BCF-Canada among others.  Russel has been working for over 10 years now.