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The Mining and Environment Area of Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados covers various aspects related to mining contract issues (national and international), administrative proceedings and concession awarding, environmental obligations, tax planning, corporate acquisitions, project financing, privatizations and government procurement.
The vast experience of the attorneys of this Practice Group also involves the negotiation and drafting of various types of joint venture contracts, as well as mining option and assignment contracts for the development of exploration and/or exploitation of projects.
In this area, the firm's clients include Phelps Dodge Corp., Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Teck Cominco Ltd, Noranda Inc., Anglogold, Placer Dome Inc., Southwestern Gold Corp., Minsur S.A., Meridian Corp., Inmet Mining, Manhatan Minerals, Barrick Gold Corp., Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), Votorantim Metais, Trafigura Group, Pan American Silver Corp., Chariot Resources Limited, Gitennes Inc. and Mitsui & Co. Metales (USA) Inc.
Furthermore, the Area's specialists work as legal advisors in several mining companies operating in Peru, such as Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Minsur S.A., Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A., Compañía Minera Milpo S.A.A., Compañía Minera Condestable S.A., Minas Arirahua S.A., Barrick Misquichilca S.A., Empresa Minera Natividad S.A. and Compañía Minera Argentum S.A.
Their experience includes legal audit reviews conducted in Pan American Silver Perú, Minera Iscaycruz S.A. and Volcan S.A.; the purchase of private companies or mining projects (for example, the purchase of Inmet Mining Corp.'s equity interest in Antamina by Noranda Inc. and Teck Corporation; the purchase of Phelps Dodge's equity share in SIMSA and in the assets of Cyprus Amax in Peru; the purchase by Pan American Silver Peru of Empresa Minera Natividad S.A. and Compañía Minera Argentum S.A.; and the purchase by Chariot Resources Limited regarding the "Marcona" copper project of Shougang Perú and Río Tinto Perú); and the acquisition of state-owned companies through privatization processes, having participated in the majority of such processes in Peru.
The lawyers working in this Area actively and consistently participate in legislative initiatives to amend mining, tax and environmental regulations, by playing a leading role at Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía and Instituto Peruano de Derecho de Minería y Petróleo.
Moreover, such lawyers belong to specialized international institutions, such as Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Asociación de Abogados Mineros Latinoamericanos (AMLA), the American Bar Association (Natural Resources section) and International Bar Association - IBA (legal practice section).
They also serve as university professors and participate on a permanent basis as speakers and panelists in the most important national and international conferences and symposiums on mining and environmental issues.
One of the area's partners, Mr. Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado, was named the leading lawyer in Peru in Mining Law practice, by the third edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, a British magazine, which is considered one of the main guides on Legal Advisory around the world.
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Mazuré,
consultant - founder
Alfonso Montoya,
partner
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado,
partner
Francisco Tong,
partner
Jorge Velarde,
partner
Jorge Benavides, associate
Oscar Benavides,
associate
Nino Coppero,
associate
Claudio Ferrero,
associate
Liliana Mavila,
associate
Claudia Vidal, associate
Ursula Zavala,
associate
Juan Carlos del Busto, junior associate
Juan Miguel Labarthe, junior associate
Fernando Montero, junior associate
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