Work Area: Mining & metals

Stikeman Elliot LLP in Vancouver; Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in Denver; Robertson Stromberg LLP in Saskatoon and Marval O'Farrell Mairal in Buenos Aires have helped US mining company Alacer Gold merge with Canadian counterpart SSR Mining in a deal worth US$1.7 billion.

04 June 2020

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago have helped Chile’s state-owned copper company Codelco obtain nearly US$1.2 billion through several debt offerings and credit facilities.

03 June 2020

McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto and Bustamante & Bustamante in Quito have helped Australian mining company Newcrest buy the Fruta del Norte gold mine in south-eastern Ecuador for US$460 million.

29 May 2020

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Bolivia’s oil and gas market has suffered from structural flaws for years, but covid-19 is exacerbating the challenges facing the industry. Indacochea & Asociados energy partners Ricardo Indacochea and Mariana Pereira consider what the global pandemic means for Bolivia’s hydrocarbons sector.

22 May 2020

A Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana Abogados partner has left the firm to join former colleagues at Lembeye Abogados and lead its natural resources practice in Santiago.

20 May 2020

A subsidiary of a Japanese mining company has followed its US partner in launching an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim against Peru after their joint venture was handed a demand for US$316 million in royalties.

19 May 2020

Milbank in New York and García Sayán Abogados in Lima have helped Peruvian mining company Compañia de Minas Buenaventura refinance a US$275 million loan.

30 April 2020

Guerrero Olivos in Santiago and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima have helped Cintac, a subsidiary of Chilean mining company CAP, buy stakes in two separate divisions of Chilean construction group Promet.

06 April 2020

Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena in Buenos Aires and Dentons Canada in Toronto have helped Canadian mining company Cerrado Gold acquire the entire stake in a gold and silver mine in southern Argentina for US$47 million.

01 April 2020

The Peruvian subsidiary of Luxembourg miner Nexa Resources has hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima to get a US$100 million loan and launch a tender offer to repurchase notes.

31 March 2020