Recently, led by Tahota Xi’an Office, Tahota’s international team composed of partners Fan Niannian and Zhang Yu, and lawyers Tang Yunxia etc. from Tahota Chengdu Office, is specially established to provide one-stop legal services for the Pakistan Ravi Urban Development Project of Shanxi Construction Investment Group (for short, SCIG) and successfully assisted SCIG in contract signing for the Project.

The Project is located in Lahore, Punjab Province, a key economy development area of Pakistan, and is one of the largest government-led urban development projects in Pakistan. The Project lays emphasis on building a habitable, green and healthy city, and the SCIG has successful experiences in the construction of zero-carbon industrial parks. The Project is Ravi Urban Development project jointly developed by the SCIG and Habib Rafiq (Pvt.) Limited, a well-known Pakistan company. The successful signing of this contract between the two parties is a significant fruit for Chinese enterprises in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and is of great strategic significance in promoting the “Large Overseas” strategy of the enterprise, deepening internationalization and innovating international cooperation mode, as well as an important step to promote the international development of Chinese green energy construction technology. The SCIG intends to be a builder of the “Belt and Road” green low-carbon lifestyle relying on China’s technological advantages in this cooperation.

Our lawyers, by virtue of expertises and advantages of Tahota’s globalization platform, coordinated the international team to conduct preliminary due diligence, issue legal opinions and risk assessment reports in accordance with Pakistan’s laws, collect information, and assist the SCIG in contract negotiation and signing of the contract on the overseas urban development project. During this one-stop foreign-related special legal service, they assisted the SCIG in the high-intensity contract negotiation for three days, and fully demonstrated Tahota’s sound legal expertise in the foreign-related business, timely and highly-efficient service, excellent information collection ability as well as contingency ability. Tahota team’s dedication, diligence and conscientiousness were highly praised by the SCIG, and also appreciated by Ravi Urban Development Authority, the competent authority of the Project.

This special legal service fully demonstrates Tahota lawyers’ strong professional strength in the sectors of foreign-related project investment, international engineering construction, etc.. We will always closely follow our clients’ needs and contribute more wisdom and strength to assist Chinese enterprises actively to participate in the construction of the “Belt and Road” Initiative by continuously providing professional and high-level foreign-related legal services, professional legal knowledge and rich practical experiences.