Mining

Market leading global mining and metals practice Our global mining and metals team comprises lawyers from across our international network of offices who advise a broad range of companies in the mining sector including major mining and metals companies, junior mining companies, development banks, international financial institutions, commercial banks, ECA's, contractors and governments across the full range of issues that apply to the sector.

The  team advise on a diverse scope of mining related transactions across a full range of products including n fundraising (debt, equity and debt capital markets – including IPOs and multilateral lenders and ECAs); project development (including limited recourse financing, commercial contracts and environmental, regulatory and consenting matters);  M&A (including cross-border deals both for private and publicly listed companies); construction (we have an award winning international construction group); dispute resolution (including arbitration, knowledge of OHADA laws and anti-corruption legislation including FCPA compliance) and commodity financing  (including pre-export, borrowing base and hybrid financings). In addition, members of the global mining and metals team include market-leading environment experts including carbon trading specialists.

Understanding key legal issues

Working from a detailed understanding of the industry and its trends, members of our global team can advise on the complex legal, commercial and technical issues associated with mining assets worldwide.  Despite a period of unprecedented market turmoil, challenging economic and market conditions with volatility in commodity prices, the team has remained at the forefront of strategic M&A activity in the sector. The team has an established track record of supporting clients in dealing with the opportunities and challenges within the sector such as raising capital particularly as access to debt financing to fund project development has become restricted. The team are providing restructuring and refinancing solutions to many of our mining clients.

Our cross-border expertise

The international reach of our practice enables us to act on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions - often in key emerging markets and remote locations.  We provide full service capacity to our global clients in key markets such as Africa, Russia/CIS and Eastern Europe, Continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

Our mining sector specialists regularly act on some of the most innovative and high profile deals in the market, many of which have been awarded 'deal of the year' in the mining sector.