Work Area: Mining & metals

Glencore has filed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim against Colombia after a planned expansion at a coal mine was halted by a local court citing environmental concerns – the third case the Swiss commodities trader has brought against the state at the centre.

02 June 2021

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) has strengthened its natural resources practice by incorporating local law firm Carcelén, Desmadryl, Guzmán y Tapia Abogados, adding three partners.

27 May 2021

Canadian miner Capstone has hired Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver and FerradaNehme in Santiago to seal a US$290 million gold stream deal related to its Santo Domingo mine in northern Chile.

19 May 2021

Peruvian law firm Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados has advised Gold Fields La Cima, the local subsidiary of South African miner Gold Fields, on its second extension of a US$150 million loan obtained in 2017.

07 May 2021

Colombian firm DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has boosted its natural resources practice by recruiting the head of legal affairs at the government’s Ministry of Mines and Energy.

04 May 2021

Torys LLP in Toronto and New York and Brazilian law firm Levy Salomão Advogados have helped US aluminium company Novelis raise 500 million euros (US$586 million) in a green bond issuance.

27 April 2021

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, Goodman LLP in Toronto and Peruvian law firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas have helped Canadian mining company Hudbay make a US$600 million debt issuance.

23 April 2021

Peruvian law firm Santivañez Abogados has helped British mining company Anglo American enter an agreement with French energy company Engie, through which its Peruvian copper mine Quellaveco will be supplied with renewable power.

15 April 2021

Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Peruvian firm Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados have helped local mining company Volcan issue debt and launch a tender offer, with both transactions worth US$600 million.

10 March 2021

Brazil’s Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped the local subsidiary of US investor New Fortress Energy acquire two thermal power plants in north-eastern Brazil.

04 March 2021