Silvia Brünjes, European Counsel in S&C’s Project Development & Finance Group based in London, was named a “Rising Star” by Law.com International, recognizing her as one of the U.K. legal industry’s 25 outstanding up-and-coming female lawyers from across the industry’s top law firms.
Silvia advises clients on large mining, natural resources and renewable projects, including advising Barrick Gold on a project financing of the Reko Diq Project in Pakistan, an approximately $7 billion undertaking to develop one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits. She also advises First Quantum Minerals, a Canadian-based international mining company, through its Zambian subsidiaries, on resolving matters with the Government of Zambia regarding the Kansanshi and Sentinel copper projects.