We offer highly knowledgeable counsel from lawyers with extensive experience in the legal, financial and operational issues of mining companies and their supply chain.
Among other matters, we advise on:
- Mergers, joint ventures and strategic investments
- Access to international capital markets and stock exchange listings
- Project financing (traditional bank debt and financing from the capital market), capital raising and financing
- Formation of resource funds and related investments
- Preparation and negotiation of construction contracts
- Hedging acquisitions and disposals of developed and undeveloped properties, as well as structuring and documentation based on regulatory requirements
- Environmental licensing processes at the federal, state and municipal levels, with widespread participation in all environmental agencies in Brazil
- Negotiation, review and preparation of mining leases and assignments, in addition to other atypical contracts related to the sector
- Assessment of mining regulation regarding all matters involved in the mineral production chain
- Proposition, defense and/or follow-up of legal proceedings relating to the relationship between mining companies and superficiaries of the property in which the deposit or mineral reserve is located
- Proposition, defense and/or monitoring of administrative procedures at ANM and/or MME
- Preparation of legal opinions related to mineral regulation
- Crisis management of mining projects
Our team includes professionals who have worked at major mining companies, ensuring the delivery of technically informed advice to our clients.
