Linklaters, Baker & McKenzie and Allens Arthur Robinson have all advised on the $2bn (£1.3bn) joint venture between Rio Tinto and Chalco to build a new mine, rail and port infrastructure in Guinea.

Linklaters advised Rio on UK and US law with a team led by corporate partner James Inglis alongside competition partner Gavin Robert, tax partner Elizabeth Conway and US corporate partner Tom Shropshire.