Mr Jonathan Brooks > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher‘s fully integrated cross-departmental team advises mining companies in relation to global projects, particularly those in Europe, Africa and the CIS region. Alternative mining finance and energy transition matters are other core pillars of the group’s work, including work pertaining to technology metals and critical minerals used for renewables and EVs. Mining and metals group leader Jonathan Brooks advises on both corporate and commercial mining matters, from joint-ventures to IPOs and M&A. Dominic Gurney-Champion advises mining companies on debt and equity funding, asset and corporate acquisitions, as well joint ventures.

Fieldfisher has a dedicated emerging markets team in London that handles transactional, regulatory, litigation and arbitration matters in key markets, notably Africa, the CIS, and the Middle East. It is particularly adept in banking, capital markets, corporate and regulatory matters in jurisdictions such as Kazakhstan, Ukraine and South Africa. ‘The firm has an impressive, very professional and balanced team‘, remark clients, and project and asset finance partner Matt Hinxman ‘always provides sound legal and strategic advice‘. Energy partner Nodir Sidikov ‘never fails to deliver commercial and workable solutions‘. Cecily Davis is the standout partner for matters in Africa. Sidikov and corporate partner Jonathan Brooks assisted KazMunayGas, the national oil & gas company of Kazakhstan, with its $330m IPO on the Astana International Stock Exchange. Sidikov and a team of senior associates acted for the same client in joint ventures relating to two large scale petrochemicals projects, involving to the construction and operation of the first integrated petrochemical complex in the Atyrau region.