England - London • Projects, energy and natural resources
Linklaters LLP‘s mining and minerals practice is praised as a ’deeply experienced team with broad experience across key jurisdictions’��and acts on critical mandates encompassing corporate M&A, financing, regulatory and compliance issues, alongside leveraging the firm’s wider specialist expertise in antitrust, regulatory, tax, IP and environmental law to provide a full-service mining offering. Advising on clients’ ESG strategies remains a core focus for the group, including decarbonisation-related M&A, sustainability-linked financings and strategic investments in ‘green metals’ required for the energy transition. Toby Grimstone co-heads the department alongside James Inglis and Robert Cleaver. Corporate partner and fellow co-head Aisling Zarraga specialises in public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity issues. Ian Hunter advises mining companies on major M&A transactions and equity offerings, whilst Andrew Jones has over 20 years of experience of developments, acquisitions and financings of mining-sector projects in Africa.
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‘Deeply experienced team with broad experience across key jurisdictions. The individual lawyers are smart and solutions-focused.’
‘Andrew Jones and Dominic De Gama Campos. Both are imaginative and adept at finding commercial solutions to hard problems.’
‘The team has great in depth experience across all the key issues, but in natural resources it's important to bring this together with experience of how these issues come together in a sector context as well as a wide range of jurisdictions. Linklaters has this depth and breadth of experience which adds to the quality of advice.’
‘I would highlight Aisling Zarraga at partner level who is not only responsive but thoughtful in bringing together many aspects involved in decision making in which she makes sure she seeks commercial input as well as the legal aspects. She therefore has a really strong following of those that trust her judgement. Emma Simpson at associate level is also a great talent - showing great judgement on all the issues she handles alongside clear diligence, commitment and integrity.’
‘High level of expertise and quality of advice differentiates this team from others out there. Highly professional and collaborative. Have been involved in highly complex transactions, and thanks to the team, we delivered great outcomes for clients. Pleasure to work with.’
Leading individuals
Ian is a partner in the Linklaters corporate department who focuses on public and private M&A, international capital raisings and joint ventures. He advises a number of the firm's major clients in the mining sector worldwide, and also advises professional services firms and networks on structure and governance. Ian is a relationship partner for a number of the firm's key mining clients, including Glencore, KAZ Minerals, and Endeavour Mining.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Toby Grimstone, James Inglis, Rob Cleaver, Aisling Zarraga