Banking & Finance Laws
Some of the services provided under our practice area of Banking & Finance Laws include providing assistance with regard to banking laws, finance laws, lending agreements, securities, compliance, and disputes involving banking and finance laws within Nepal. Our firm provides legal advice and assistance to clients who are bankers, lenders, borrowers, financial institutions, investors, and other similar bodies.
The various laws in Nepal, which governs banking laws and financial laws in Nepal, includes the Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2058 (2002), Banks and Financial Institutions Act 2073 (2017), Secured Transactions Act 2063 (2006), Insolvency Act 2063 (2006), Company Act 2063 (2006), Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 2019 (1962), and others.
We assist our clients with the following scope of services:
- Banking Regulatory Compliance
- Legal advice for banks and financial institutions regarding their regulatory compliance needs
- Helping our clients to comply with directives and circulars from Nepal Rastra Bank
- Loans and Financing
- Drafting, reviewing loan agreements and financing agreements
- Providing legal advice for lenders and borrowers in their financing transactions
- Project Finance/Infrastructure Financing
- Assisting clients in financing projects in infrastructure development sectors
- Providing assistance in syndicated lending and consortium financing
- Debt Collection and Enforcement
- Helping banks and financial institutions in collecting overdue debt from defaulters
- Providing services related to the enforcement of securities, guarantees and collaterals
- Corporate Finance
- Legal advice for companies in their corporate finance, refinancing and investments
- Providing assistance in venture capital financing, private equity and cross border finance
- Foreign Investment/Foreign Exchange
- Giving advice to foreign investors regarding banking and foreign exchange laws in Nepal
- Assisting clients in obtaining approvals regarding foreign investments and foreign exchange
- Financial Litigation
- Helping banks, financial institutions and their clients in litigation and dispute resolution relating to finances
- Assistance in arbitration in financial disputes
- Securities & Capital Markets
- Providing legal advice with respect to securities issuance and trading and compliance with relevant regulations in capital markets
- Handling issues involving shares, debentures, and public issue transactions
- Insolvency & Restructuring
- Advising clients in insolvency and restructuring situations
- Assisting in debt restructuring and recovery
- Banking Documentation & Advisory
- Preparing and advising on banking documentation including guarantees and other financial instruments