An eventful year

Nearly 180 lawyers advised on 20 matters for Vale in 2024, drawing on the expertise of:

9 practices: Antitrust/Competition | Capital Markets | Commercial Litigation | Debt Finance | Intellectual Property | International Trade | Mergers & Acquisitions | Project Development and Finance | White Collar/Investigations

5 industry groups: Energy | Financial Institutions | Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics | Mining & Metals | Private Equity

18 offices: Brussels | Chicago | Frankfurt | Geneva | Hong Kong | Houston | London | Los Angeles | Luxembourg | Mexico City | Miami | Muscat | New York | Paris | Silicon Valley | Stockholm | Tokyo | Washington, DC

Custom, cross-border resourcing

Vale has been a White & Case client for approximately 25 years. As one of the world's largest mining and metals companies, it faces an array of multijurisdictional legal challenges that makes it a perfect fit for the Firm, and requires the support of multiple practices, industry groups and offices.

In 2024, we worked on 20 matters for Vale, including seven newly opened ones, advising on everything from financings and project development, M&A and commercial disputes, to regulatory and compliance matters and venture capital investments in pioneering early-stage startups. Much of our work was to advance Vale's strategic pursuit of low-carbon solutions and sustainable mining practices.

"Project Vittoria" embodies our strategic support and 360-degree service especially well. In December 2024, Vale and British multinational Anglo American completed a joint venture in which Vale acquired a 15 percent equity interest in Anglo American Minério de Ferro Brasil S.A., the owner and operator of the Minas-Rio iron ore mine in Brazil, one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. Vale made the purchase by exchanging its Serra da Serpentina iron ore assets and making a supplemental cash contribution.

The deal, which will support the growing demand for high-quality iron ore in low-carbon steelmaking, involved a team of lawyers from Houston, Miami, London, New York, Brussels and Washington, DC. Their expertise spanned practice groups including Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Development and Finance, Debt Finance, Tax and Antitrust. Lawyers from the Mining & Metals and Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics industry groups were also heavily involved.

Building a sophisticated, global team like this is the only way to support a sophisticated, global client like Vale. Tightly connected regardless of time zone, we come together from across the Firm to support them on whatever they need, wherever they are, whenever they need it.

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