Area of practice
Mining & Natural Resources
Summary Our Mining and Natural Resources team advises mining companies, banks, investors, private equity funds, commodity traders and specialist finance providers on complex projects and transactions in Zambia. We combine deep sector knowledge with expertise across finance, corporate law, tax, regulation, environmental compliance, dispute resolution and restructuring. This multidisciplinary approach enables us to provide practical, commercially focused advice on how mining investments and financing arrangements should be structured, documented and implemented to manage risk and protect long-term value.
Experience
- Mining project development and structuring
- Mining rights and regulatory approvals
- Exploration and mining agreements
- Acquisition and disposal of mining assets
- Legal due diligence
- Project finance
- Limited-recourse senior debt
- Bridge financing
- Mezzanine financing
- Debt and equity financing
- Prepayment facilities
- Trade and receivables financing
- Royalty financing
- Streaming arrangements
- Commodity offtake agreements
- Security creation, perfection and registration
- Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Private equity investments
- Corporate restructurings
- Mining taxation and fiscal incentives
- Environmental and social compliance
- Land access and surface-rights arrangements
- Community engagement and resettlement matters
- Local-content compliance
- Power-supply and infrastructure agreements
- Mining supply and service agreements
- Distressed mining assets and insolvency
- Mining disputes and international arbitration
- Mine closure and rehabilitation obligations
Common sectors
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