Recently, Shanghai office of Tahota signed a strategiccooperation agreement with China (Shanghai) PilotFree Trade Zone World Expo Business Coordinated Bureau. The World Expo Business Coordinated Bureau will havegreater cooperation with Tahota in the field of business transactionattraction, investment promotion, consultation and investment-financing so as tolocate related resources and projects in the expo area. On behalf of Tahota, WuYe and Xie Tianxiang from the Shanghai office signed the strategic cooperationagreement.

With manyfunctional projects like state-owned enterprises, well-known enterprises athome and abroad, international organizations and new development banksgradually emerging in the area, the expo section tends to become a center forindustries related to headquarters economy, financial investment, professionalservices, culture media as well as many new forms of enterprise. Under the newsituation, besides industry planning and policy guidance service, thegovernment of the expo area also pays attention to fully exploiting and making full use of the market main body as wellas to extending government service and making up for market shortcomings withthe help of professional legal, financial institutions.

As a business law firm with global legal servicecapability and characteristic service areas including merger & acquisition,securities &capital market, banking & finance, private equity,investment & financing, intellectual property and international trade,Shanghai office of Tahota has been named in the strategic partnership.