Associate
Brian A. Cohen
Banking & Finance, Critical Minerals, Mining
Overview
Brian Cohen is an associate in Mayer Brown's Houston office and a member of the Banking & Finance practice.
Experience
- Represented National Bank of Canada in the US$33 million gold prepayment facility for i-80 Gold Corp., a Nevada mining operation. This prepaid forward arrangement was secured by i-80’s future transactions of gold and their mining property in Nevada.
- Assisted Central Asia Metals Plc (CAML) as UK and US legal adviser in its bid for acquisition of New World Resources Limited for approximately A$185 million, by way of an Australian Court arrangement, to acquire a 100% interest in the Antler Project, a high-grade copper deposit located in Arizona in the United States. CAML is a UK incorporated base metals producer with operations in Europe and Asia.
- Represented Mitsubishi on its US$1.4 billion “Copper World" joint venture with Hudbay Minerals, which will establish one of the highest-grade primary copper production sources in the US.
- Represented Mesabi Metallics on the close of its US$100 million bridge loan for the construction and development of an iron ore project.
- Represented a Chilean copper company on its approximately US$500 million financing for the repayment of its project finance facility extended to them in connection with the construction and development of their copper mining facility.
Education
- Southwestern University, BS
- University of Houston Law Center, JD, cum laude
Articles Editor, Houston Law Review
Order of the Barons
Admissions
- Texas