Work Area: Mining & metals

Brazilian mining group Ero Copper has hired Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York and local firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados to make a note offering worth US$400 million.

09 February 2022

Linklaters in London and Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo have helped UK mining company Hochschild acquire Brazil-focused counterpart Amarillo Gold for US$105 million.

14 December 2021

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Moscow and Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno in Buenos Aires have helped Russian mining group Uranium One enter into a joint venture with Canadian lithium miner Alpha One and invest US$30 million into an Argentine lithium project.

10 December 2021

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It is clear that, despite the need for investment that Latin American countries have, most mining, energy, hydrocarbons and infrastructure projects face great difficulty in gaining the support from the respective local communities and populations.

10 December 2021

Chilean miner Mantos Copper has enlisted Canadian firm Stikeman Elliot LLP and Baker McKenzie (Chile) to form a US$3.3 billion joint venture with Vancouver-based counterpart Capstone.

07 December 2021

Gowling WLG LLP in Canada and DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán in Bogotá have helped Medellín-based gold mining company Mineros launch a dual initial public offering in Toronto and Bogotá, raising a total of US$31.5 million.

29 November 2021

Chinese steel group Tsingshan has hired Marval O'Farrell Mairal to buy a minority stake in an Argentine lithium project from French mining company Eramet in exchange for a US$400 million investment commitment.

19 November 2021

South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater Group has enlisted Clifford Chance LLP in São Paulo to acquire Brazilian mining assets from UK private equity fund Appian Capital for US$1 billion.

16 November 2021

Peruvian mining company Minsur has relied on Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima to issue US$500 million worth of notes and make a concurrent tender offer.

15 November 2021

Brazilian Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has added firepower to several departments by promoting seven lawyers to its senior rank and hiring a practitioner from Stocche Forbes as partner.

12 November 2021