Linklaters has cashed in on the buoyant natural resources sector after advising Kazakhstan-based copper producer Kazakhmys on its $801m (£396m) acquisition of an 18.8% stake in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC).

London-based corporate partner Charlie Jacobs – who co-heads Linklaters’ mining sector group – led the City giant’s team advising Kazakhmys, with Moscow-based corporate partner Hugo Stolkin and associates Alex Molla and Sarah Radema assisting.