Latham & Watkins’ multi-disciplinary Mining & Metals Industry Group reaches every aspect of the metals' value chain, from mineral exploration through large-scale mining activity, downstream industries, value added products and beyond.
To better serve its natural resources clients, Latham’s Mining & Metals Industry Group, unique in terms of its diversity and scope, includes lawyers who have been involved in mining and metals transactions and projects worldwide. They understand the industry and are there to help clients avoid the hazards that abound in this complex legal area.
Working in virtually every active jurisdiction:
The group provides legal advice to:
Latham’s lawyers have deep and broad experience in the range of transactions and other assignments that arise in the typical life cycle of a mine and metal production process. The group’s work ranges from representation of a Japanese multinational in its multi-billion dollar project financing related to a portfolio of Chilean copper mines to advising on a Scandinavian aluminum and renewable energy company’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of a Brazilian aluminum business.
Latham’s mining and metals lawyers advise industry clients in all aspects of their business, including:
Financial Times recognizes the firm’s strengths across metrics that assess legal industry leadership and strategic growth.
Latham earns 33 #1 rankings across project finance, oil & gas, and infrastructure categories.
