Simmons & Simmons

Projects.

Iain is a partner in the firm’s projects group. He has extensive experience of advising on transactions around the world in the mining, natural resources, energy and infrastructure sectors. In these sectors, he has acted upon a wide range of projects, advising on partnering arrangements (including contractual and corporate joint ventures), share acquisitions and equity and debt finance, asset purchase, construction, processing, transportation, offtake and operation and maintenance arrangements, as well as advising upon licensing issues in the natural resources sector and on development/investment agreements with host governments. Iain has also spent six months on secondment at an international energy/natural resources major. He regularly speaks at or chairs national conferences in the natural resources sector and is known by clients as having “a good understanding of projects and attendant risks, and he is good at finding solutions to problems”.. Iain also sits on the Council of MinSouth (the London based society for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining). Recent work includes advising a Russian-based investment vehicle in relation to a uranium mining joint venture in Mongolia and a major Chinese mining company in relation to a coal mining project in Mongolia; on the partnering and financing arrangements for a copper and gold mining company with assets throughout Sumatra, Indonesia; in relation to the acquisition of a coal mining project in Mozambique; an international power company in relation to its bid for the Kosovo e Re lignite to power project to secure mining rights for about 330 million tons of lignite from the Sibovc South area to supply both units of a 1,238 MW power project; in relation to iron ore projects in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo, including in relation to infrastructure development issues; upon a mining joint venture in Gabon including in relation to port and rail infrastructure; Teesside Gas and Liquids Processing in respect of a project with (among others) RWE in relation to the construction and operation of a new pipeline and related infrastructure to process North Sea gas from the Breagh field and in relation to gas processing, allocation, operation and maintenance and offtake agreements; upon the financing of AES Corporation Kribi power project in Cameroon; and several rail companies (including Network Rail) in relation to various contractual arrangements, including advising NR in connection with the High Speed 1 rail link.

Trained Simmons & Simmons LLP; qualified 2004; partner 2012.