Mining, Metals & Critical Minerals

Our lawyers enhance strong core legal skills with an intimate understanding of the laws, frameworks, and operations specific to mining.

The mining, metals, and critical minerals practice at Reed Smith addresses the legal and commercial issues facing miners, processors, traders and project developers. We combine sector experience with practical, commercially focused advice to help clients improve productivity and reduce overheads across the life cycle of mining assets.

Our team advises on financing, corporate transactions, project structuring, and the full range of commercial arrangements required to bring ores and concentrates to market, including longterm supply and offtake agreements, and port, logistics, and carriage contracts. We draft standard and bespoke contracts and support clients from mine to market.  

We advise on ownership, operations, and regulatory matters, including environmental and employment issues, as well as equity offerings, rights, and land purchases. Regulatory, environmental, and ESG considerations are integrated into our work.  

Our lawyers handle complex disputes in developed and emerging jurisdictions, including construction, shipping, and other sectorrelated disputes. We also support the buying, selling, and financing of mining materials and related trade finance matters.  

Our practice spans the extraction, production, processing, trade, and shipment of mined commodities, supporting clients at each stage with miningspecific legal solutions aligned to operational realities and market pressures. 

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