Baker Botts lawyers have provided legal services for mining projects in many parts of the world, including the United States, the Russian Federation, the Middle East, Kazakhstan, North Africa, East Asia, Europe and Latin America. This work has included acting for project sponsors and international financing institutions, private lenders and operators. Natural resources have for many years comprised a large portion of our practice, with the result that the firm has unparalleled experience in providing the full range of legal services for any mining project, starting with the initial intersponsor agreements, through obtaining exploration and extraction rights, operation, processing, transportation, sale of hard minerals and finally, abandonment.
These projects have ranged from small single-sponsor self-funded developments to large project-financed multisponsor transactions. The special nature of the ownership and control of natural resources in most jurisdictions has meant that many of these projects have involved the participation of governments or state-owned entities, either as project parties or in a regulatory capacity. Baker Botts has substantial experience in dealing with the particular complexities that state involvement can bring to a mining transaction.
Examples of Projects
- Coal mining
- Gold mining
- Diamond mining
- Nickel mining
- Bauxite mining
- Other hard mineral mining projects
Examples of Contracts