Linklaters and Freehills advise on $1.3bn bid for Aussie miner
Linklaters and Freehills are advising China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. on its $1.3bn (£837.5m) offer for Perth-based Anvil Mining, writes The Asian Lawyer. Anvil, listed in both Sydney and Toronto, is engaged in exploration, development and production of copper, mainly in Central Africa. A successful acquisition would give Minmetals Resources, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Minmetals Group, a controlling stake in several copper mines and exploration sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
October 07, 2011 at 06:07 AM
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Linklaters and Freehills are advising China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. on its $1.3bn (£838m) offer for Perth-based Anvil Mining, writes The Asian Lawyer.
Anvil, listed in both Sydney and Toronto, is engaged in exploration, development and production of copper, mainly in Central Africa. A successful acquisition would give Minmetals Resources, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Minmetals Group, a controlling stake in several copper mines and exploration sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Linklaters and Freehills are advising Minmetals Resources on Hong Kong and Australian law, respectively. Linklaters' team is being led by Hong Kong managing associate Craig Dally and also includes partner Chris Kelly, both in the corporate practice.
Melbourne partner John Tivey is leading Freehills team for Minmetals, with the firm last month advising Minmetals Resources on a $727m (£468m) internal asset sale.
Clayton Utz is Australian counsel to Anvil Mining. The firm's team is being led by Perth partners Matthew Johnson and Gary Berson.
Toronto-based Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is acting as Canadian counsel to Minmetals Resources with a team including partners Kevin Thomson, Lisa Damiani, Jennifer Grossklaus, Gilles Comeau and Mark Katz.
Vancouver firm Lawson Lundell is also advising Anvil Mining, with Cassels Brock & Blackwell in Toronto advising Anvil's independent directors. Lawson Lundell's team is led by partner Gordon Chambers.
Meanwhile Canada's Stikeman Elliot is acting as legal counsel to Trafigura Beheer, an international commodities trading company that is Anvil's largest shareholder with a 40% stake.
Kinshasa-based Kalamba & Associes is Congo counsel to Minmetals Resources.
The final deal is subject to the approval of the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board.
The Asian Lawyer is a US affiliate title of Legal Week.
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