Tahmidur Remura Wahid TRW Law Firm

Mergers and Acquisitions

Barrister Tahmidur Rahman, the Founding Partner of TRW Law Firm, has earned a reputation for advising both lenders and borrowers on some of the most complex syndicated loans, structured finance, leveraged acquisitions, and project finance transactions in the region over the past decade.

His deep understanding of commercial law, regulatory compliance, and cross-border structuring has positioned TRW Law Firm as a top-tier legal advisory firm for both domestic and international clients. The firm is frequently engaged in high-stakes mandates, including distressed debt workouts, asset-backed financing, infrastructure rollouts, and clean energy transactions.

TRW is also active in major corporate restructurings and insolvency proceedings, working alongside creditors, sponsors, and institutional investors to deliver legally sound and commercially viable outcomes.

Barrister Tahmidur Rahman is a highly accomplished lawyer and entrepreneur, known for his expertise in corporate governance, commercial transaction,Foreign Direct investments, Public Concessions, Energy, Natural Resources, Mining and Exploration, Banking and Financial Services, International Trade, Construction, and Shareholder Disputes etc.

Barrister Tahmidur Rahman has worked on and represented clients in a number of international arbitrations conducted under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID rules. Barrister Tahmidur is highly considered as an expert in public international law and has represented parties in disputes involving state entities. He has advised numerous multinational corporations on their international law disputes.

International Experiences

• Investec – Advised on a 38 million USD financing for the development of a portfolio of utility-scale photovoltaic power plants, including due diligence on land rights, EPC contracts, and risk allocation frameworks.

• BNP Paribas – Acted as counsel in a  27 million USD facility for the construction and commissioning of two wind farms, providing full legal support from term sheet to drawdown.

• Syndicate of Banks in Bangladesh – Represented a consortium of lenders in a €32 million secured credit facility in favour of a leading glass component manufacturer in Bangladesh, covering security structuring and inter-creditor arrangements.

• ChemChina – Provided full legal support in negotiating and finalising a multi million dollar acquisition financing package underwritten by a major global bank, including legal due diligence, loan documentation, and acquisition structuring.

• Marubeni – Structured and advised on a €18 million senior facility for a cross-branded commercial venture focused on retail expansion and consumer engagement platforms.

• Mitsubishi Corp. – Represented the company in connection with a million dollar multi-currency revolving and term loan facility, including regulatory compliance, facility structuring, and coordination with the lead arrangers.

• Seat Pagine Gialle – Acted for the coordinating committee on a €44 million restructuring involving multiple layers of secured and unsecured debt, developing a creditor-approved recovery plan.

Publications and Thought Leadership

• Structuring Syndicated Loans: Legal Risk Allocation and Commercial Realities
• The Evolution of Project Finance: Emerging Trends in Renewables and Infrastructure
• Distressed Asset Recovery: Legal Approaches to Modern Restructuring
• Multi-Tranche Lending: Managing Cross-Currency and Cross-Jurisdictional Risk

Tahmidur delivers practical and commercially focused advice on M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) matters to multinational private equity firms based in Bangladesh, financial institutions, and UK-listed companies. He represents clients in major acquisitions and divestitures across a range of industries and provides guidance to financial institutions serving as lenders and advisors on M&A transactions. His M&A practice encompasses public to private transactions, listed company board advice in takeover situations, takeover code aspects of acquisition financing, cross-border transactions, and private equity and leveraged buyouts.

Barrister Tahmidur Rahman routinely advises institutional investors, private equity sponsors, development groups, sovereign wealth funds, and high-net-worth individuals on both domestic and cross-border real estate financing transactions—spanning the commercial, residential, and industrial sectors. His clientele includes developers, underwriters, asset managers, fund operators, and acquisition vehicles involved in complex capital structuring, secured lending, and title-heavy due diligence work across emerging and developed markets.

In addition to traditional mortgage-backed and project finance mandates, Barrister Rahman is often retained for transactions structured through repurchase agreements, warehouse credit facilities, and non-recourse financing, including Islamic finance frameworks such as Ijara, Musharakah, and Murabaha. He has acted on the acquisition and disposal of real estate-backed instruments, including senior and mezzanine loans, syndicated facilities, participations, and structured finance vehicles such as CMBS, RMBS, CLOs, and Shariah-compliant sukuk structures.

His real estate financing and structured finance practice also encompasses advisory roles on servicing rights, distressed asset portfolios, servicing platform takeovers, and securitized consumer loan instruments. He regularly counsels clients on the acquisition, valuation, and management of servicing advances, mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), and the purchase of non-performing loans (NPLs) or asset-heavy loan books across South Asia, the UK, and the UAE.

Barrister Rahman has notably advised government agencies and regulatory institutions in financial stabilization and market restoration efforts. These include advising on student loan securitizations, cross-border risk-sharing programs, and financial market conduits—often working alongside multilateral development banks and private commercial entities. He has played a key role in representing servicers, originators, and investors in Bangladesh Bank–supervised transactions and in pioneering securitization structures for microfinance and SME loan portfolios.

Furthermore, he provides strategic legal guidance on the formation of real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity real estate funds, joint ventures, and SPV arrangements focused on the acquisition and turnaround of distressed or underutilized assets. With a strong grasp of derivatives and total return swap instruments, Barrister Rahman also supports clients in managing exposure in secondary markets. His transactional portfolio includes advising on private M&A deals, especially those involving asset-rich companies or platform acquisitions in proptech, fintech, and infrastructure sectors.

With a unique blend of legal and technical acumen, Barrister Tahmidur Rahman is recognized as a leading voice in real estate finance law, seamlessly bridging technology, regulation, and capital in some of the most transformative deals in Bangladesh and beyond.

▪ Advised a Gulf-based sovereign-backed logistics conglomerate and affiliated long-term investors in a US$600 million strategic acquisition of a 50% equity stake in a South Asia–Middle East transshipment hub operated by a multinational mining and shipping company. The transaction included joint governance arrangements, warehousing entitlements, and long-term terminal access rights.

▪ Acted for a syndicate of development banks and a regional infrastructure fund in the structuring and issuance of a US$1.4 billion zero-coupon, milestone-based receivables securitization for the financing of a mega-bridge infrastructure project in a canal-crossing corridor. The financing was governed under dual tranches across 144A/Reg S markets and awarded for innovation in emerging market project finance.

▪ Represented global financial institutions including Citibank and ING, as well as a Latin American credit facility consortium, in a US$1.035 billion senior secured bond issuance to refinance an offshore floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in deepwater energy assets. Simultaneously advised on the letter of credit reserve facility and structuring of reserve accounts tied to the FPSO charter agreements.

▪ Counseled a group of institutional creditors, led by Carlyle, in the acquisition of US$750 million senior secured notes due 2029, structured to finance the acquisition and future operations of a nationwide portfolio of 28 high-revenue parking infrastructure assets across the United States under The Parking Spot brand.

▪ Advised Samsung Asset Management and HSBC Global Asset Management in relation to their US$135 million private placement investment into renewable energy portfolios in Latin America, involving dual delayed-draw tranches and structured by a global investment bank for a 180 MW solar PMGD platform with regulatory compliance across Chile and Panama.

▪ Advised a South American integrated pulp and afforestation platform on a strategic equity investment and joint venture formation with Heinzel Holding GmbH (Austria), under which the European investor acquired a 25% equity stake at project completion milestone. Structured equity waterfall, governance protocols, and ESG-linked milestone targets.

▪ Acted as international counsel to BNP Paribas and a global lender syndicate in the acquisition financing of Chile’s largest LNG regasification terminal (GNL Quintero S.A.), where Fluxys (Belgium) and EIG (US) jointly acquired an 80% stake from Enagás and OMERS Infrastructure. Provided legal opinions on energy regulatory consents, security structuring, and equity lockbox mechanisms.

▪ Represented Coatue Management on a preferred equity investment in a next-generation data infrastructure platform in Latin America, involving compliance review under Brazilian telecom and cross-border data transfer regulations. Advised on liquidation preferences and future exit mechanics for Series B round.

▪ Advised Blackrock in the holdco financing and refinancing of multiple combined cycle thermal gas plants totaling over 950MW capacity in Mexico, including oversight of environmental permits, turbine supply contracts, and inter-creditor arrangements within the project finance stack.

Bangla, English, Arabic

Bar Council of England and Wales Bangladesh Bar Council

🎓 Bar Course of England and Wales (BPTC)City, University of London (St George’s Campus)September 2020 – September 2021Degree: Bar Vocational Studies (BVS), LawMembership: Lincoln’s InnActivities & Societies: Lincoln’s Inn Mooting Society, City Law School Mooting Society, City Pro Bono Clinic

Successfully completed the Bar Vocational Studies course (BPTC), including practical modules in:

Advocacy: Examination-in-Chief and Cross-Examination

Drafting and Opinion Writing

Legal Research and Conference Skills

Professional Ethics

Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Criminal Litigation, Sentencing, and Evidence

→ Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

🎓 Master of Laws (LL.M.), International Commercial TradeCity, University of London (St George’s Campus)September 2021 – April 2022Activities & Societies: Clinical Legal Education (CLE) with a London Pro Bono Clinic

Focused on international commercial and trade law subjects, including:

FOB & CIF Contracts, ICC Incoterms

Insurance and International Sale Transactions

CISG Applications

Documentary Credits

Commercial Arbitration

Regulatory Theory & Compliance in International Trade

🎓 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. Hons.)University of LondonJanuary 2015 – December 2018Specialization: International Business LawCampus: British School of Law, DhakaActivities & Societies: Co-founder of Bangladesh Youth Legal Society

Covered comprehensive legal modules including:

Criminal Law, Contract Law, Public Law

Common Law Reasoning, Equity & Trusts, Tort

Property Law, Company Law, Commercial Law

Intellectual Property Law, Evidence, EU Law, Administrative Law

International Business Essentials, Management & Statistics for Business

🎓 Diploma in Law (CertHE in Common Law)University of London2015 – 2016Completed under the academic direction of a consortium of top-ranked law schools including LSE, UCL, King's College London, and Queen Mary. This foundational legal qualification provided rigorous exposure to common law systems and legal method.

🎓 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & EngineeringNorth South University, Dhaka2015 – 2018Minors: Accounting & FinanceActivities & Societies: YES Club, Delegate at NSU MUN 2015 for France, Representative at UNDP-affiliated youth events

Key coursework included:

Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, Python

Data Structures, Cryptography, Network Security

Electrical Circuits, Engineering Drawing

Operating Systems, Software Engineering

Digital Logic Design, Discrete Mathematics

Cybersecurity, Advanced Calculus, Probability & Statistics