Critical Minerals

King & Spalding’s multidisciplinary critical minerals practice provides strategic and legal advice spanning across a wide range of industries to identify opportunities and confront challenges related to the global economy’s increasing reliance on critical minerals. The team counsels manufacturers, industrials, investors and other leading companies across the minerals supply chain, providing a cradle to grave offering on mandates involving lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, graphite and other coveted mineral resources.

We have a breadth of knowledge related to critical minerals and their significant impact to the energy, infrastructure, technology, automotive, healthcare and financial industries by serving as essential components in the supply chain. This experience ranges from complex, cross-border commercial transactions, investments and industrial development projects, to global disputes and enforcement challenges in dozens of jurisdictions containing reserves and untapped resources. In addition, we have a successful track-record on various litigation and arbitration claims, and areas related to government relations, national security and regulatory exposure in the U.S., EU and other markets where our team is regularly asked to identify unique risk areas. We also help clients secure Congressional and executive branch support and funding for their various projects and initiatives.

Our critical minerals team pulls together trusted advisors across the globe, consisting of former government officials, many of whom have served as members of Congress and in the DOJ, and leading lawyers from our litigation, arbitration, commercial, transactional and projects offerings.