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Energy & Natural Resources: Mining - South Africa

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a renowned international law firm that provides high-level advice to mining majors on charter amendments and other regulatory matters across Africa. The department is equally well placed to assist with transactional mining work in South Africa and the wider continent, with a practice that encompasses advising on mining-related disputes and M&A work.

Work Highlights

  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer assisted Norilsk Nickel with the sale of its interest in the Nkomati nickel mine joint venture to African Rainbow Minerals.

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Notable Practitioners

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Patrick Leyden
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Patrick Leyden
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Band 4
Patrick Leyden operates a growing corporate practice encompassing a range of mandates in the mining space, including M&A and disposals. He provides further expertise in relation to the commercial and regulatory considerations of transactional and operational matters.
Peter Leon
Peter Leon
Expertise Based Abroad

Peter Leon is well reputed for his activities across a panoply of regulatory and transactional mining mandates in South Africa and across the African continent. His portfolio encompasses acquisitions and a suite of contentious matters, including land disputes and environmental litigation. He is currently based in London.

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Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Patrick Leyden
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Patrick Leyden
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Band 4
Peter Leon
Peter Leon
South Africa, expertise based abroad in UK