Natural Resources
Our natural resources legal practice involves providing advice to junior and mid-cap natural resource sector companies on a wide range of projects, Charltons is also experienced in working with industry service providers and other natural resource sector participants including contractors, mine and plant operators, rights holders and off-takers.
Our qualified lawyers have extensive experience in natural resource sector capital raising and are familiar with the specific technical agreements required during each stage of a project’s development from exploration to production to rehabilitation and closure. Additionally our team is experienced in dealing with the legal aspect of the often complex issues surrounding transportation, mining and natural resources litigation, resource taxation, environmental compliance and local community issues.
Our experience is derived from work on a wide range of natural resource sector projects including oil and gas, precious and base metals, industrial minerals and coal. We have been involved in resource projects with assets in diverse locations including Myanmar, Chile, Peru, the DRC, South Africa, Canada, Iran, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Tibet and Papa New Guinea as well as with companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Australia, Toronto and London. We also act for investment banks, private equity firms and financial advisers in the natural resource sector and have worked on a number of significant listings, capital market transactions, and acquisitions. Our experience in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets informs our practice, and we endeavour to combine high quality commercial advice with specific legal know-how relevant to natural resources exploration, production and end-markets.
With offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Yangon, Charltons is well positioned to assist natural resource sector companies doing business in China and Myanmar. Our natural resources team includes PRC qualified lawyers and is supported by Mandarin and Cantonese speaking support staff.