Basic facts:
Canton Tower (commonly known as “Waistline TV Tower”) is the key construction project of Guangzhou Municipal Government and the landmark of Guangzhou City, with a total investment of about RMB 1.5 billion. Canton Tower is located at the intersection between the New Central Axis of Guangzhou and Pearl River Landscape Axis, facing to the Haixinsha Island which held the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sixteenth Asian Games across the river. Canton Tower began design tender in 2004 and started construction in November 25, 2005. On October 1, 2010, Canton Tower officially began to receive tourists.
Our law firm began to provide legal lawyer services since the design competition stage of Canton Tower. During the demolition, design, construction, completion, operation management and other processes of Canton Tower, our law firm has made great contribution to the whole process of project construction of Canton Tower from the construction to formal operation, opening to the public.
Lawyers’ remarks:
Since our law firm began to provide legal services for Canton Tower in 2004 till now, there is no legal proceedings dispute during the construction stage (excluding demolition); our law firm has standardized the contract management and legal affairs of Canton Tower, providing legal advices to the company for important decisions in various stages. Since the formal operation of Canton Tower till now, there is no active default behavior. The legal work provided by our law firm has been highly appreciated by the Company. During the process of providing legal services for Canton Tower, our law firm has appointed in-house lawyers to deal with the entire construction and operation of Canton Tower. Our law firm can give advices and opinions concerning the legal problems effectively and promptly and has accumulated experience in undertaking major government projects.