Azm Ali

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal · Pakistan

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal

Power & Energy · Pakistan

Azm earned his LL.B degree by securing the first position and was awarded two gold medals by the University of Punjab. He is pursuing an LL.M in International Law of Taxation from University of San Francisco School of Law and upon completion would be the first Pakistani to have a Masters in International Taxation Law. His primary area of practice is PPP projects and project financing in the infrastructure sector. He has worked on the following notable assignments:

● Project counsel for 720 MW Karot Hydropower Project, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, with a total project cost of approx. US$ 2 billion (2014 to till date)

● Counsel for the Government of Sindh concerning the financial closing of a public-private partnership-based water supply project; concession agreement was executed in June 2021, and financial closing was achieved in November 2021

● Counsel for a borrower concerning the financing facilities of approx. Rs. 1.24 billion availed by a telecom company for its tower business in July/August 2021

● Counsel for a borrower concerning the financing facilities of approx. Rs. 4 billion availed by a real estate company for its multipurpose real estate project in Islamabad in August/September 2021 Counsel for the Alternative Energy Development Board, Government of Pakistan (AEDB), in the financial closing of four (4) solar PV power projects •with a total cost of approx. US$ 150 million and a cumulative capacity of 250 MW in February 2021

● Preparation of RFP documents for the reverse auction (first of its kind in Pakistan) for wind and solar projects in Pakistan with industry consultations in 2020/2021

● Counsel for the AEDB concerning the financial closing of twelve (12) wind power projects with a total cost of approx. US$ 800 million and a cumulative capacity of 610 MW in November 2019

● Assisting AEDB in the preparation and finalisation of the Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy 2019

● Preparation of wheeling framework (first of its kind in Pakistan) for sale of electricity from 18 MW Pehur Hydropower Project to the industrial consumers of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2019/2020

● Advising a Chinese bank concerning the breach of financing agreements of three (3) solar power projects (100 MW each) in Pakistan and preparation of default notices and rectification documents in 2018/2019

● Counsel for AEDB concerning the financial closing of two (2) solar power projects (10 MW and 18 MW) in 2016

● Project counsel for two small hydropower projects (6 MW and 11 MW) in Pakistan in 2016

● Preparation of a standardised package of concession agreements for small hydropower projects (up to 25 MW) in Pakistan in 2015

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