White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Tanneke Heersche

Practice Experience

Tanneke Heersche joined the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance practice group in London in 2004 and relocated to Johannesburg to become Executive Partner of the Johannesburg office in 2005. Tanneke is co-head of the firm’s Global Mining and Metals Group.

Tanneke is highly regarded for her expertise and experience in the mining industry where she is recognised as a leading legal advisor. Her extensive experience includes advising on all aspects of the development and financing of mining and other natural resource projects in emerging markets. In addition, she regularly advises major international mining companies in numerous countries around the world. She has received further recognition for her work in Energy & Natural Resources, and Projects & Infrastructure.

Representative Transactional Experience

Advising Marcegaglia SpA and Dongkuk Steel Mill Company on all aspects of their proposed acquisition of Teeside Cast Products, a slab manufacturing facility in the north-east of England, from the Corus Group.
Advising Vale (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce) on all aspects of the proposed USD 2.1 billion integrated Moatize coal and power development project in Mozambique;
Advised Gold Fields Limited on the project financing of the Cerro Corona copper and gold project in Peru. This transaction was named Latin American Mining Deal of the Year 2006 by Project Finance Magazine;
Advised the Duferco Group, a Swiss steel and trading group, on all aspects of its acquisition of the vanadium business of Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation in South Africa from Evraz;
Advised the International Finance Corporation in connection with proposals and structuring advice for the establishment of a state owned vehicle by the Government of Mongolia to hold government interests in strategic mining deposits in Mongolia.
Advised Gold Fields Limited on the financing of the acquisition by Gold Fields of Bolivar Gold Corporation, a contested acquisition in which Gold Fields ultimately prevailed and on the financing of its acquisition of Barrick Gold’s interest in South Deep, one of the worlds deepest gold mines;
Advised Office Mines d’Or de Kilo Moto Democratic Republic of Congo, a government parastatal organization, on the restructuring of its exploration and development portfolio of projects and its investment agreements with foreign mining groups;
Advised the International Finance Corporation and the Government of Mozambique in connection with the US$123 million tender of an exploration concession for the Moatize coal project in Mozambique; and
Advised an international consortium in connection with its £3.6 billion steel offtake transaction with Corus Group.

Bars and Courts
Barrister and Solicitor of Ontario, Canada, 1993

Education
LLB, University of Toronto
BSc, Physiology, University of Western Ontario

Awards and Recognition
Recognised as a leading individual for Global Practice Areas: Projects & Energy, as well as Energy & Natural Resources: Mining in Chambers Global 2009 rankings.

Recognised as one of the Most Highly Regarded Individuals -- Global in The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers 2009.

Mentioned as a leading lawyer in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2009 for Corporate and M&A, and in the 2009 rankings for Mining: South Africa, and Projects & Infrastructure: South Africa.

Recognised as a leading lawyer in the Euromoney Guide to the World's Leading Energy & Natural Resources Lawyers 2007.

Languages
English
Dutch

Citizenship
Dutch
Canada