The Good News Is You Can Now Get Interim Measures in Bangladesh for a Foreign Arbitration. That Is Also the Bad News.

In the wake of a 2019 Supreme Court decision allowing Bangladesh courts to issue injunctions in support of foreign arbitration procedures, international commercial disputes with a Bangladesh angle might soon get a lot more complicated.

Highlights of this note

• What happened in the case?
• What is the dispute before the Bangladesh court?
• Why would it be controversial for a Bangladesh court to issue interim measures?
• What did the Supreme Court decide?
• What happens with the bank guarantee and the PPA?
• Some lessons learned from this decision
• Conclusion: commercial disputes in Bangladesh are in for a rollercoaster rise