Projects

Construction of a seaport in the Far East Provided legal assistance during the construction of a seaport in the Far East. This included drafting a memo for the Korean Government regarding specific aspects of the regulation governing how a seaport in the Far East should be constructed, based on an analysis of the corporate, tax and construction aspects of the project.

Successfully defended the client with regard to whether it was lawful to book positive exchange differences as income Successfully defended the client’s interests with regard to whether it was lawful to book positive exchange differences as income

Prepared a memo analysing the procedure for entering into, and describing the advantages of, an IPPA. Prepared a memo for a major gold-mining company analysing the procedure for entering into, and describing the advantages of, an IPPA.

Assisted with amending an investment declaration of a party to a regional investment project At the request of a mining and processing plant, performed a range of work to amend the investment declaration of the party to a regional investment project in order to protect capital investments which were made in an investment project to build the region’s largest mining and processing plant and to substantiate the scope of tax benefits.

Switching from regional investment project treatment to the treatment of priority development areas Devised a legal mechanism for changing preferential treatment for an individual part of a project; specifically, the mechanism for switching from regional investment project treatment to the treatment of priority development areas

Advised on how preferential terms should be extended with regard to an upgrading project that was implemented Advised a mining and metallurgical company on the upgrading of an existing mining and processing plant with a gold-extracting plant, where conditions were in place that preferences applied to the ongoing project would apply to the construction of the new facilities.