Linklaters and Freehills are advising China’s Minmetals Resources Ltd. on its $1.3bn (£838m) offer for Perth-based Anvil Mining, writes The Asian Lawyer.

Anvil, listed in both Sydney and Toronto, is engaged in exploration, development and production of copper, mainly in Central Africa. A successful acquisition would give Minmetals Resources, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Minmetals Group, a controlling stake in several copper mines and exploration sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo.