About

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Orr, Dignam has vast experience, having been instrumental in setting up and advising on many industrial projects including fertilizers plants, cement plants, refineries, oil terminals, pipelines, food/grain terminals, electrical power generation plants, mass transit projects etc. The Firm’s practice includes renewable and non-renewable projects under the various power policies, including under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Firm advised on the incorporation of the first Islamic-financed wind power projects, which won Project Finance Deal of the Year, 2012. The Firm has also assisted clients in establishing IPPs in the thermal, solar power and hydro-electric power sectors and advised clients in relation to nuclear power and on the legal framework for the development of mega hydropower projects in Pakistan. The Firm has an established energy practice, including upstream oil and gas work in connection with exploration, concessions and operating agreements and licenses. The Firm acts for a number of refineries and has been involved with contracts relating to long distance pipeline projects, including the cross-border USD 10 billion TAPI project and the USD 2 billion PakStream project. The Firm has also advised international real estate and infrastructure developers, including Emaar and Majid Al Futtaim Group, and is acting for Barrick Gold Corporation in relation to the Reconstituted Reko Diq Project, which is the largest foreign direct investment in Pakistan.

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Projects, Infrastructure & Energy - Pakistan

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Orr, Dignam & Co maintains an excellent reputation for projects work, with continued activity in the telecoms, mining, alternative energy, and oil and gas sectors, including regular involvement on matters involving LNG projects. The firm is especially active in wind and infrastructure projects. The team acts for an impressive roster of local and overseas entities from both the public and private sectors from its Karachi office.

Work Highlights

  • Orr, Dignam & Co advised Inter State Gas Systems on a USD12 billion Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India gas pipeline project.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Zahir  Riaz
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Zahir Riaz
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Senior Statespeople
Zahir Riaz is a seasoned practitioner who has a stellar reputation for his work in the energy and natural resources sector. He is best known for his work on project finance.
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Shahid Raza
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Band 3
Shahid Raza is admired for his adept handling of energy projects. Based in Islamabad, he attracts praise from market commentators.

Shahid is very good.

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Umar Shahid Shahid
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Band 4

Umar Shahid Shahid is a partner in Orr, Dignam & Co's Islamabad's office. He is an adviser to clients in the oil and gas, mining and renewables sectors on both corporate and projects-related work.

He is extremely responsive to the client's demands and has strong abilities across a breadth of corporate, commercial and project-development matters.

Umar Shahid Shahid has good professional skills in project financing, energy agreements, EPC contracts and other long-term commercial contracts. He is easily accessible when needed.

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Pakistan

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy

Zahir  Riaz
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Zahir Riaz
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Senior Statespeople
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Shahid Raza
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Band 3
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Umar Shahid Shahid
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Band 4

Members

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Clients

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BB Energy

BE Energy Limited

Barrick Gold Corporation

CIHC Power Company (Private) Limited

DuPont Pakistan Operation (Pvt.) Ltd

Emaar

Eni S.p.A

FFBL Power Company Limited

Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals (Private) Limited

Fauji Cement Company Limited

Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited

Fauji Foundation

Fauji Kabirwala Power Company Limited

Fauji Oil Terminal and Distribution Co. Limited

Foundation Power Company (Daharki) Limited

Foundation Wind Energy-I Limited

Foundation Wind Energy-II Limited

Government Holdings (Private) Limited

Inter State Gas Systems (Private) Limited

Louis Dreyfus Company

Mari Petroleum Company Limited

Metro Power Company Limited

Oil Companies Advisory Council

Packages Limited

Pak-Arab Refinery Company Limited

Pakistan LNG Limited

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

Pakistan State Oil

Rousch (Pakistan) Power Limited

Sachal Energy Development (Private) Limited

Sino Sindh Resources (Private) Limited

Tenaga Generasi Limited

Thar Coal Block-I Power Company Limited

The ExxonMobil Group

Total Parco Pakistan Limited

Industries

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Coal

Gas

Hydropower

LNG

Oil