Ian Hunter > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters LLP has a strong focus on the corporate and financing aspects of mining, including M&A transactions, project financing, capital markets, and investments. It advises across the entire supply chain from acquisition and financing to development, expansion, and disposal. The team leverages its other departments to provide regulatory, taxation, IP, and ESG advice. James Inglis, Robert Cleaver and Emma Simpson jointly head the London team. Aisling Zarraga specialises in public and private M&A, joint ventures, equity issues and general corporate advice. Ian Hunter advises on major M&A transactions and equity offerings, as well as on general corporate governance. Toby Grimstone specialises in international banking with a focus on structured financing within the mining sector.

Confirming its status as a market-leading outfit for high-value M&A, the team at Linklaters LLP demonstrates extensive expertise in handling the full gamut of corporate work, advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public takeovers, carve-outs, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. Leveraging the expertise of specialist groups in tax, antitrust, employment, and technology, the ‘technically excellent, commercial, and pragmatic’ team is renowned for its ability to manage multi-billion pound, cross-border transactions. Corporate division head Simon Branigan routinely handles transactions in the mining, retail and consumer, oil and gas and financial services sectors, while Aedamar Comiskey, senior partner and chair, continues to act on big-ticket public and private M&A. Elsewhere in the team, James Inglis focuses on public and private M&A, capital raisings and corporate governance advisory work, and Aisling Zarraga maintains a busy practice, leading on some of the largest M&A and joint venture transactions in the market. Other key figures include Fionnghuala Griggs, a specialist in the fintech sector; Ian Hunter, who has specialist knowledge in UK Takeover Code-governed transactions; and Derek Tong, global head of the technology group. Dan Schuster-Woldan left to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in February 2024.