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Ashurst Offices
Ashurst
LONDON FRUIT & WOOL EXCHANGE
1 DUVAL SQUARE
LONDON
E1 6PW
England
LONDON FRUIT & WOOL EXCHANGE
1 DUVAL SQUARE
LONDON
E1 6PW
England
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Ashurst’s specialist mining practice provides expertise on mining projects at all stages, operating in multiple jurisdictions. The group has a focus on emerging markets, particularly in francophone and anglophone Africa. Drawing on the strength of its M&A, project development, financing, and dispute resolution practices, the team is comfortable handling high-value, complex, and international deals. The team is led by Yann Alix, a dual-qualified French and English lawyer who specialises in M&A transactions and project development. Nick Williamson specialises in M&A and corporate finance, while Tim Rennie has extensive experience in corporate lending, working with both financial institutions and corporate borrowers.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design