2016年10月4日，在习近平主席特别代表、国家发展与改革委员会主任徐绍史先生以及埃塞俄比亚联邦民主共和国总理海尔马里亚姆·德萨莱尼见证下，于中国的金秋十月以及埃塞俄比亚雨季刚刚结束之际，阳光埃塞俄比亚毛纺织染项目投资协议由江苏阳光股份有限公司与埃塞俄比亚投资委员会于埃塞俄比亚总理府正式签署。本次签署的投资合同及附件由大成上海办公室高级合伙人华涛律师及其团队成员朱涛、徐赛、眭砚青以中英文起草，华涛律师前往亚的斯亚贝巴参加了有关该合同的谈判。大成上海律师通过提供有价值的顾问意见为客户贡献了其有关埃塞俄比亚制造业项目的经验和智慧，促成了本次交易。
本次大成上海办公室承担的中国企业在埃塞俄比亚投资的法律服务，是大成上海办公室承担的第三个在埃塞俄比亚进行的制造业投资法律顾问项目。华涛律师团队曾帮助华坚，大成上海办公室的另一个客户在埃塞俄比亚设立了一家制鞋企业，以及帮助华坚在亚的斯亚贝巴建设一个工业园。
埃塞俄比亚是位于非洲大陆中东部的一个古老的国家，便宜的电价、丰富的劳动力资源和政治的稳定正吸引着许多制造业企业将其工厂迁移到那里，并带来了过去12年平均每年11%的GDP增长。但是，严格的外汇管制，复杂和不稳定的海关、税收、关税政策以及基础设施的缺乏，使在埃塞俄比亚进行的投资面临特殊的风险。提前构建合理的交易结构以及确保建设和营运所需的基础设施到位，成为投资者应考虑的重大问题。如何适用埃塞俄比亚政府提供的鼓励政策和优惠措施，是任何投资者需要考虑的另一个重要问题。我们的埃塞俄比亚投资法律服务经验将在这些问题上使任何投资者受益。
大成上海办公室将继续帮助江苏阳光完成埃塞俄比亚项目公司的设立，起草制造工厂的EPC合同以及提供项目融资的顾问，直至该项目的第一期工程投产。
Dentons Shanghai Office Advises the Clients on Their Manufacture Investments in Ethiopia
On 4th October 2016, witnessed by the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Mr. Xu Shaoshi, Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission of P.R.China, and Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegnthe, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, in the golden autumn of October in China and at the time when the rainy season is just over in Ethiopia, the Investment Agreement for Sunshine Ethiopia Wool Textile Project is executed by and between Jiangsu Sunshine Co. Ltd. and Ethiopian Investment Commission in the office of the Premier of Ethiopia. The Investment Agreement and its Appendixes signed this time, are drafted in English and Chinese by Hunter Hua, Senior Partner of Dentons Shanghai Office and his team members Daniel Zhu, Joyce Xu and Neptune Sui; Hunter Hua traveled to Addis Ababa for the negotiation of such agreement. Attorneys from Dentons contributed their experiences and intelligence concerning the manufacture project in Ethiopia by providing valuable advice to the client and accelerated the achievement of this transaction.
This legal service for the investment of Chinese enterprise in Ethiopia is the third manufacture project advised by Dentons Shanghai Office. Hunter Hua team had help Huajian, another client of Dentons Shanghai Office, setup a shoes manufacture company in Ethiopia, and help Huajian construct an industrial park in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia is an ancient country located in the middle east of the continent of Africa. Cheap electricity price, plenty of labor resource and political stability are attracting many manufacture enterprises moving their factories there, and have brought an average 11%/ year of increasement in GDP in the past 12 years. But the strict foreign exchange control, complicated and unstable customs, taxes, duty policies and lack of infrastructure make the investment in Ethiopia facing special risks. It becomes a substantial issue for an investor to setup a reasonable transaction structure and make sure all the public facilities needed by the construction and operation ready in advance. How to apply to the encouraged policy or privilege provided by the government of Ethiopia is another important issue for the consideration of any investor. Our legal service experiences of investment in Ethiopia will favor any investors in these issues.
Dentons Shanghai Office shall continue to help Jiangsu Sunshine complete the establishment of the project company in Ethiopua, draft EPC agreement for the manufacture plant and advise the financing of this project until the first phase of this project is put into production.