Announcement on the Official Establishment of Guozun Law Firm’s Tajikistan Office — A Chinese-Invested Law Firm in Tajikistan

I. Establishment Information

Establishing Entity: Guozun Law Firm

Date of Establishment: June 2024

Contact Information: 4006661890

Office Location: Core business district of Dushanbe, capital of the Republic of Tajikistan

Functional Positioning: A core on-the-ground service node of Guozun Law Firm’s global legal service network in Central Asia, and a professional execution platform for two-way cross-border legal services between China and Tajikistan

Service Coverage: Primarily covering the whole territory of Tajikistan, while also coordinating with Guozun’s global network to serve cross-border legal needs across Central Asia and the broader Eurasian region

II. Core Overview of the Office

1. Professional Team Structure: The office has established a dedicated legal service team that combines a global perspective on cross-border legal services with deep local practice capabilities in Tajikistan. The core members all hold local practice qualifications in Tajikistan and have spent many years working in the local legal services market. They possess a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Tajikistan’s legislative system, judicial practice rules, industrial policy direction, regulatory requirements, and local business environment, as well as extensive practical experience in handling major projects and complex legal disputes throughout their full life cycle.

2. Cross-Regional Service Capability: The team includes multilingual professionals proficient in Chinese, Russian, and Tajik, enabling seamless coordination with Guozun Law Firm’s China headquarters and global offices. This ensures globally coordinated deployment and localized implementation of cross-border legal services while fully overcoming barriers arising from differences in jurisdictions, languages, and legal systems.

3. Service Standards: Upholding Guozun Law Firm’s practice principles of professionalism, rigor, compliance first, client focus, and global coordination, the office has established standardized service procedures and a quality control system to provide clients with predictable, fully integrated, and highly tailored legal services.

III. Full-Spectrum Core Legal Services

Guozun’s Tajikistan Office provides full-spectrum commercial legal services and is able to meet the legal needs of enterprises throughout their full life cycle and across all business scenarios. Its core practice areas and specific services are clearly structured as follows:

(I) Cross-Border Investment and M&A Legal Services

1. Interpretation of Tajikistan’s foreign investment access policies and clarification of compliance boundaries for investment

2. Cross-border investment structure design, tax planning, and front-end risk prevention and control

3. Full-dimensional legal and compliance due diligence for investment projects

4. Drafting of transaction documents, commercial negotiations, and closing implementation for all transaction models, including greenfield investment, joint ventures, equity acquisitions, and asset acquisitions

5. Full-process compliance handling and guidance for government procedures such as cross-border investment filing, approval, and registration

6. Full-process legal services for compliance management during project operation and for exit arrangements

(II) Energy and Natural Resources Legal Services

1. Full-process legal services for the application, acquisition, transfer, extension, and compliant operation of mining rights

2. Full-cycle legal support for the development, construction, and operation of new energy projects such as hydropower, photovoltaics, and wind power

3. Negotiation of concession agreements for natural resource development, performance management, and risk handling

4. Establishment of environmental compliance systems, compliance review, and specialized handling of environmental disputes

5. Specialized services for project investment and financing in the energy and mining sectors, and for title-related dispute resolution

(III) Infrastructure and Construction Legal Services

1. Full-process legal services for all types of infrastructure projects, including highways, railways, water conservancy, municipal works, and industrial plants

2. Full-process compliance review and risk prevention and control for project bidding and tendering

3. Drafting, negotiation, and performance management of EPC, DB, and other forms of construction and engineering contracts

4. Full-process legal support for project schedule and cost claims, project settlement, and final completion and delivery

5. Specialized compliance and legal services for concession projects such as PPP and BOT

6. Specialized services for cross-border dispute resolution and risk prevention in the construction sector

(IV) Ongoing Corporate Compliance and Commercial Legal Services

1. Full-process commercial registration services for the establishment, amendment, M&A restructuring, and deregistration of market entities within Tajikistan

2. Retainer legal counsel services, optimization of corporate governance structures, and establishment of internal control systems

3. Labor and employment compliance management, employment system design, and full-process handling of labor disputes

4. Full-chain compliance legal services for import and export trade, customs matters, and cross-border supply chains

5. Tax compliance advisory, tax planning, and tax risk management services

6. Data compliance, personal information protection, trade secret, and intellectual property protection services

7. Establishment of compliance systems for antitrust, unfair competition, anti-corruption, and anti-commercial bribery

(V) Dispute Resolution Legal Services

1. Full-process representation in civil and commercial litigation before courts at all levels within Tajikistan

2. Strategy design, representation, and enforcement services for domestic and cross-border commercial arbitration matters

3. Handling of all types of commercial disputes, including contract disputes, investment disputes, construction disputes, and intellectual property disputes

4. Recognition and enforcement in Tajikistan of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards

5. Diversified dispute resolution services, including commercial mediation and settlement negotiations

6. Specialized legal services for criminal compliance risk prevention and criminal defense for enterprises and related personnel

(VI) Financial and Capital Markets Legal Services

1. Specialized legal services for cross-border investment and financing, syndicated loans, project finance, and trade finance

2. Cross-border guarantee structure design, compliance review, and full-process performance management

3. Interpretation of Tajikistan’s foreign exchange control policies and risk prevention in foreign exchange business compliance

4. Compliance legal services for quasi-financial businesses such as financial leasing and commercial factoring

5. Specialized compliance advisory and supporting services for local capital market access and bond issuance

(VII) Specialized Sector-Specific Legal Services

1. Full-process compliance services for agriculture and cross-border trade in agricultural products

2. Specialized services for the protection of investment rights under bilateral investment treaties

3. Full-cycle services for the registration, enforcement, and protection of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights

4. Legal consultation and supporting services relating to entry-exit and immigration matters

5. Specialized support for cross-border compliance in family wealth management

IV. Core Client Base and Service Value

1. Core Client Base: Various enterprises, institutions, and individuals from China expanding into Tajikistan and the Central Asian region; local Tajik enterprises, multinational companies, and various market entities operating in Tajikistan.

2. Core Service Value: Relying on Guozun’s globally integrated legal service network and combining this with deep local practice capabilities, the office provides a full-chain cross-border legal service model covering front-end compliance planning, mid-stage implementation, and back-end risk handling. It offers full-process compliance protection for two-way economic and trade cooperation, industrial investment, and commercial exchanges between China and Tajikistan, helping clients accurately avoid cross-border legal risks and smoothly achieve their business objectives.

V. Background of Establishment and Industry Significance

As the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Tajikistan continues to deepen, and as the Belt and Road Initiative is increasingly implemented across Central Asia, bilateral economic and trade exchanges, industrial cooperation, and infrastructure connectivity between the two countries continue to expand. As a result, demand among market participants for localized, professional, and integrated cross-border legal services continues to grow.

The establishment of Guozun Law Firm’s Tajikistan Office further improves the regional layout of Guozun’s global legal service network and fills the gap in its on-the-ground service presence in Central Asia. With strong local practice capabilities and a globally coordinated service system, the office will provide solid legal support for the high-quality development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and Tajikistan and for the steady advancement of cross-border commercial cooperation, thereby contributing to deeper regional connectivity and economic cooperation under the Belt and Road framework.