Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. We have been ranked Band 1 for Chambers Global 2017 in Projects & Energy: Mining and Minerals.  We have experienced mining lawyers in both our Moscow and Almaty offices who are qualified to practice Russian, Kazakhstan and English law; they work extensively with our London teams on domestic and international mining projects.

SRK Consulting comprises approximately 1,300 staff, offering expertise to the mining and metals sector in a wide range of resource engineering disciplines from 45 offices located in 20 countries. SRK’s services to the mining and metals sector comprise both the management and completion of multi-disciplinary technical studies, and also undertaking due diligence reviews and audits of technical studies completed by others. The company’s independence is ensured by the fact that it is wholly owned by its staff and holds no equity in any project. This permits SRK to provide its clients with conflict-free and objective recommendations on crucial judgement issues.

SRK’s Kazakhstan office in Almaty was established in 2010 to specifically target the Kazakhstan and Central Asia markets and to combine international expertise and experience with local knowledge and on the ground support. SRK also has established practices in Moscow, Russia (11 years) and in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (7 years).