Joint Ventures in U.S. Mining of Critical Minerals: Contracting Structures and, Regulatory and Tax Considerations

Mr. Kiely is a partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. His practice covers a wide range of federal income tax matters with a particular focus on international and domestic asset and finance transactions, including leasing, project financing, infrastructure, syndications, asset-backed securitizations and M&A. 

Ms. Seidl is a partner in Mayer Brown's Houston office and a member of the Infrastructure Investment group and Corporate & Securities practice. Her transactional practice is focused on stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, joint ventures and similar transactions, including advising clients on corporate governance matters. Ms. Seidl represents clients in a broad range of industries, including energy companies, chemical companies, infrastructure investment vehicles and agriculture companies. She has significant cross-border transactional experience, specifically representing clients in the United States and Latin America. Her experience includes advising clients in energy and infrastructure investments in Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Argentina.

US and multinational companies seek J. Brandon Birdsall’s advice on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and sales of business, joint ventures, carveout transactions, restructurings, commercial transactions and other corporate matters. With a prior background in litigation, he also continues to advise multinational companies on contractual and commercial disputes.

Mr. Coles heads Mayer Brown's Africa and Mining practices and co-heads the Global Projects practice. He concentrates his practice on all aspects of bank and debt finance, ranging from projects and other structured finance to commodities financing and restructuring. Mr. Coles's represents banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and other participants in finance transactions throughout the world.

Mr. de Bernier serves as global co-leader of Mayer Brown’s Corporate & Securities practice. He is also actively involved in the firm’s “EC/VC” (emerging companies/venture capital) practice. Mr. de Bernier's practice focuses on M&A, venture capital, private equity and other corporate transactions, including joint ventures, recapitalization and restructuring. He also advises management and boards on corporate governance, risk management and regulatory matters.

Mr. Payne is a senior advisor in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Tax, Public Policy, Regulatory & Political Law and International Trade practices. He joined Mayer Brown from the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, where he held a number of staff leadership roles from 2007 to 2015, including serving as policy director.