Latham & Watkins Advises Anglo American on US$65 Billion Merger of Equals With Teck

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Anglo American plc (Anglo American) on its announced US$65 billion merger of equals with Teck Resources Limited (Teck) to form the Anglo Teck group (Anglo Teck), a global critical minerals champion. Upon completion of the transaction, Anglo Teck intends to trade on the LSE (Equity Shares (Commercial Companies)) JSE, TSX and NYSE.

The multidisciplinary cross-border Latham team is led by New York/Orange County partner Charles Ruck, London partner Sam Newhouse, and London partner Ed Barnett, together with New York partner Andrew Elken, London partner Anna Ngo, and Los Angeles partner Andrew Clark, with London counsel Koushik Prasad and associates Harry Redford, Alayna Kenney, Alice Maresi, Stanley Onyeador, Maya Rahwanji, Shayna Servillas, Lauren Richardson, and Michelle Kim.

Advice was provided on securities law matters by Washington, D.C. partner Paul Dudek; on tax matters by London partner Helen Lethaby, Los Angeles partner Pardis Zomorodi, and Houston partner Christine Mainguy; on intellectual property and technology transactions matters by Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood and London partner Christian McDermott; on executive compensation, employment, and benefits matters by London partner Sarah Gadd and Los Angeles/Bay Area partner Julie Crisp; on ex-US antitrust matters by London partners David Little and Ludmilla Le Grand; on US antitrust matters by Washington D.C. partner Amanda Reeves; on regulatory matters by Washington D.C. partner Paul Rosen and Hamburg partner Jana Dammann; on ESG matters by New York partner Betty Huber, London partner Michael Green, and Orange County/Washington, D.C. partner Nikki Buffa; on compliance matters by London partner Clare Nida; and on sanctions matters by Washington D.C. partner Andrew Galdes.