The projects, infrastructure and energy team at Haidermota & Co Advocates regularly handles key finance deals in Pakistan. It has considerable expertise in sectors such as energy generation, distribution and transmission, as well as mining, roads and bridges. It also excels in several other areas, including advising on mass transit systems and urban safety. Key clients include leading national and international financial institutions, project companies and sponsors. In addition, it advises construction companies, multilateral agencies, and provincial governments. The firm has led on numerous public-private partnership transactions Umar Shereef and Owais Aziz spearhead the department.
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'A stalwart in the Pakistan legal sector.'
‘Good grasp of technical legal concepts and commercially astute advice.’
‘Having an outstanding team with sound command on legal matters is what counts. They have a very professional approach.'
‘The individuals were detail-oriented and had a clear understanding and knowledge of difficult areas requiring decision-making from a legal perspective.’
‘The entire team has been highly professional - especially Mr. Uzair Asim (Managing Assiciate) who have been assisting on number of projects being undertaken by our organisation.’
‘Very strong and consistently high quality. Umar Shereef is an excellent lawyer. Deeply experienced and a very good communicator.’
‘Umar Shereef is an excellent lawyer with strong commercial sense.’
Key clients
- Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group for Thar Coal Block-1 Power Generation Company (Private) Limited (2x660 MW – Coal Project)
- Abu Dhabi Ports Group
- Sindh Economic Zone Management Company (SEZMC)
- Act2 Wind (Private) Limited
- Gul Ahmed Electric Limited
- Metro Wind Power Limited
- Liberty Wind Power 1 (Private) Limited
- Liberty Wind Power 2 (Private) Limited
- NASDA Green Energy (Private) Limited
- Artistic Wind Power (Private) Limited
Work highlights
Acted as project company counsel to the Abu Dhabi Ports Group (as the nominated entity of the Government of United Arab Emirates) in relation to the outsourcing of operations, maintenance, investment and development of a container terminal and a bulk cargo terminal at Karachi Port.
Acting as borrowers’ counsel to Reko Diq Mining Company (Private) Limited in relation to financing sought by the borrower in respect of the finance facilities to be extended by International Multilateral and Export Credit Agencies for the development of the first phase of the copper and gold mine in the Province of Baluchistan, Pakistan known as “Reko Diq”.
Advising Government of Sindh / Sindh Economic Zone Management Company on setting up three distinct industrial enclaves under PPP in the cities of Hyderabad, Sukkur and Shaheed Benazirabad on a design, build, finance, operate, maintain and transfer basis.
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Practice head
Umar Shereef; Owais Aziz
Other key lawyers
Uzair Asim