09 July 2025Publication
New Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework
Brief analysis of the European Commission's Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework: CISAF) with key takeaways.
We combine individual experience, deep sector knowledge, a team-based collaborative approach, and the innovative application of technology, to deliver smarter legal services.
Our clients include banks, specialist private equity funds, commodity trading companies, specialist mining finance providers and global mining companies. We regularly advise on large, complex transactions, offering innovative solutions, sector and industry knowledge and a focused, commercial approach.
We advise on mining finance transactions across the globe – both through our network of offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and through strong relationships we enjoy with law firms throughout Africa (we have advised on projects in each of the 54 countries in Africa and have broad experience of OHADA law and Islamic finance) and South America. We draw on the skills of our multi-disciplinary team – comprised of experts in mining, commodities, regulatory, tax, insurance, environmental, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency.
We are ideally placed to advise clients on how best to structure and document mining finance transactions in order to best protect them from issues that can arise on the transaction in the future.
Our core services include:
- Bridge financings
- Limited recourse senior debt
- Debt capital markets
- Royalty financings
- Streaming arrangements
- Prepayment facilities
- Trade and receivables financings
- Mezzanine financings
- Equity capital markets
Our experience
ABN AMRO
Advising ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Natixis and Société Générale on a $195m prepayment facility for Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading Co. Ltd, an aluminium producer in the Kashgar province of the People’s Republic of China to finance the purchase and production of aluminium.
Australian listed company
Assisted on the project financing of its copper mine in Indonesia.
Confidential commodity trading company
Assisted in relation to a number of copper offtake/financing agreements.
Key contacts
If you have any questions, contact a member of the Mining and Finance team for assistance:
