Sector-focused legal advice for the full lifecycle of your mining project
From preliminary negotiations with government bodies to secure crucial mining titles, through to project development, financing, streaming and M&A, our global team of lawyers is poised and ready to provide you with comprehensive legal advice to ensure successful delivery of your mining project.
Our work combines legal and technical knowledge with an understanding of the full context of our clients’ mining operations and the challenges and issues facing the sector. The world’s need for rare earth and battery metals only continues to increase with the importance of the energy transition. Coupled with a palpable rise in global resource nationalism, it is more important than ever to ensure sound legal and commercial advice in order to navigate the common pitfalls in the sector right from the early-stage structuring process. We have relationships with key regulators, governments and other strategic advisers which enable us to tailor our advice to the most pressing issues at hand. Coupled with our track record of working on significant local and international deals within the mining, minerals and resources sector, this places us in an excellent position to offer you the best possible advice.
Operating from 78 offices in more than 40 countries, with a strong presence in the top mining regions in the world, CMS is the sixth largest global law firm and has played an instrumental role as a key advisor to the mining, minerals and resources sector worldwide. Our multi-disciplinary team of lawyers speak your language and understand your commercial needs.