Representing major clients across a swathe of sectors and boasting 'broad market knowledge', Haidermota & Co Advocates supports clients on all aspects of project development, from policy and regulatory frameworks, to financing agreements. The team is distinguished for introducing first-of-their-kind projects and its industry expertise in the energy sector, encompassing wind, biomass, bagasse, hydel and waste. The group also advised the Balochistan Government on the implementation of water and mass transit systems. Based in Lahore, the acclaimed Umar Shereef leads the team alongside Owais Aziz, who has a 'deep knowledge of the Pakistani energy sector' and also specialises in public-private partnerships, ESG, and corporate finance matters.
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Testimonials
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- 'HMCO acts for many sponsors across the Pakistani energy sector. As a result, they have broad market knowledge and contacts across the field, including with the authorities.'
- 'Owais Aziz is a trusted advisor with deep knowledge of the Pakistani energy sector and a sound commercial acumen.'
- 'We have found Haidermota & Co Advocates to be excellent legal advisors for our company. They have worked on a number of projects for us. As a team they have very good domain knowledge and a culture of responding promptly to the clients calls.'
- 'Their record keeping is excellent, and any document or reference is ready at hand with them whenever we need such. They are our trustworthy legal partners in many projects.'
- "Deep knowledge of legal matters as well as of our projects. They always know how to tackle legal bottlenecks with their in-depth knowledge of laws and regulations with regard to different modalities of our projects. Provide objective advisory and their inputs on our matters are always very objective and supported by relevant references to prevalent rules and regulations.'
- 'Haidermota & Co Advocates provides quality and cost efficient services. During our collaboration with them, they are always capable of accommodating the client’s needs and providing deliverables in a timely manner, even within a tight timeframe.'
- 'All team members of Haidermota & Co Advocates are diligent and responsible. Their capability of providing feasible solutions under local law within a tight timeline is most impressive.'
Key clients
- Pak-Arab Refinery Limited
- Governance & Policy Project, Balochistan
- Local Government Department, Government of Sindh
- Ministry of Railways, Government of Pakistan
- Sindh Infrastructure Development Company Limited
- NED University of Science and Technology, Government of Sindh
- Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Government of Sindh through the International Finance Corporation
- Javedan Corporation Limited
- National Bank of Pakistan
- Sindh Economic Zone Management Company
- Kainatt Enterprises
- Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Government of Sindh through the Asian Development Bank
- British International Investment
- 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
- Lucky Renewables (Private) Limited
- Din Energy Limited
- Amreli Steels Limited
- GuarantCo Ltd
- United Bank Limited
- Habib Bank Limited
- Pak Matiari-Lahore Transmission Company (Private) Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Pak-Arab Refinery Limited on all legal matters relating to the establishment of a greenfield Oil Import Terminal in Pakistan in collaboration with national and international partners.
- Advising the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the International Finance Corporation on the country’s first large-scale health sector infrastructure project implemented on public private partnership basis.
- Acting for a consortium of thirteen leading business organisations and individuals on a design, build, develop, finance, operate, market, and transfer model of a 2,000-acre city on a public-private partnership basis with Ravi Urban Development Authority.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Umar Shereef, Owais Aziz