Our mining group works throughout the world on a wide variety of transactions. From Europe and the Americas to Africa, the Middle East and Asia, we are able to assemble project teams at short notice with extensive practical experience. The many services we offer to the industry include:

• Project Finance advising on project finance (both traditional bank debt and finance sourced in the capital markets), capital raising and production financing issues. We also advise on related issues such as advice on hedging, both as to structuring and documentation and in connection with regulatory aspects; as well as negotiating, reviewing and drafting leases, assignments, operating and exploration agreements.

• Corporate Finance advising mining companies on raising debt and equity in the capital markets.

• Construction advice on EPC, EPCM and other project contracts, with on and off-shore structures, co-ordination and off-take agreements and performance security.

• Corporate M&A advice on mergers, investments joint ventures as well as property exchanges, acquisitions and disposals of producing and undeveloped properties.

• Environment and planning advice on the engagement of environmental and planning consultants, environmental impact assessments and the Equator Principles, review of permissions and consents, allocation of environmental risk, advise in respect of REACH and corporate social responsibility policies.

These services are provided by lawyers who are qualified in a broad cross-section of jurisdictions and who, in many cases, speak several different languages. They are used to advising on major mining transactions and often have direct personal experience of working in the countries where projects are taking place.