IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C3.3, Convention Centre, Level 3
Session information
From birth to death, the adventurous life of a mining project in Latin America
Tuesday 10 October (1430 - 1730)
Committee(s)
Latin American Regional Forum
(Lead)
Mining Law Committee
Description
Part 1: from birth to adulthood In this part, the workshop will analyse an investment project from its inception and design, including different components (main infrastructure, energy, processing plants and transport), through feasibility and project finance to construction. Part 2: from happiness to divorce and death In this part, the workshop will analyse the environmental and social challenges of natural resources and infrastructure projects using the expansion of a project as an example, touching on the different options to finance the multibillion dollar expansion, enhancement of stability agreements to the creeping expropriation attempts from the host government, international arbitration defence, insolvency challenges and closure of the project.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Estif Aparicio | Arias Fabrega & Fabrega, Panama City, Panama; Secretary, Latin American Regional Forum |
Marcela Hughes | Marcela Hughes Consulting, Montevideo, Uruguay; Member, Latin American Regional Forum Advisory Board |
Luis Carlos Rodrigo | Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados, Lima, Peru; Vice Chair, Latin American Regional Forum |
Carolina Zang | Zang Bergel & Viñes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Chair, Law Firm Management - Talent and Leadership Subcommittee |
Speakers
Sergio Galvis | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, USA |
Edie Hofmeister | Independent Director, Berkeley, California, USA; External Communications Officer, Business Human Rights Committee |
Jose Tomas Hurley | Carey y Cia, Santiago, Chile |
Jay Leary | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Margriet Lukkien | Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Corporate Counsel Forum Liaison Officer, Taxes Committee |
David W Rivkin | Arbitration Chambers, New York, New York, USA; Chair, Nominations Committee |
Carlos Vilhena | Carlos Vilhena Advocacia, Brasília, Brazil; Senior Vice Chair, Mining Law Committee |
Justin Vineberg | Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
George Zhao | King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, China |