Mr Jonathan Brooks > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Mr Jonathan Brooks
Work Department
Corporate/Equity Capital Markets/M&A/Mining and Metals
Position
Partner
Career
Jonathan is head of Fieldfisher’s Mining and Metals Group and has extensive experience of acting for mining companies operating throughout the world.
He advises on commercial mining matters (such as earn-in agreements, joint ventures, offtake agreements and licensing and investment matters with national governments) and corporate matters (such as IPOs, fundraisings and M&A).
Jonathan is regularly published and quoted in the mining sector press on topical issues.
His clients include Beowulf Mining, Central Asia Metals, Cornish Metals, Dalradian Gold, Fusion Capital, Osisko Gold Royalties and Savannah Resources.
Work highlights this year include advising Beowulf Mining on its £7.4 million fundraising in the UK and Sweden; Cornish Metals on its AIM IPO to raise £8.2 million; and Everest Alliance on its requisition of a general meeting successfully to replace the management of Petropavlovsk.
His broader practice involves a range of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and venture capital investment in sectors including industrial products and services, food and beverage and logistics.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
(Leading partners)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.
London > Industry focus > Emerging markets
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Emerging markets London > Industry focus
- Mining and minerals London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Employment > Senior executives
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital