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Experience
Ian Coles serves on Mayer Brown's Partnership Board. He concentrates his practice on all aspects of bank and debt finance, ranging from projects and other structured finance to commodities financing and restructuring. He represents banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and other participants in finance transactions throughout the world. He has particular experience in the mining finance sector. Ian is the head of the firm's finance practice in Europe.
Ian's long-standing status as one of the finest financiers in the market remains undiminished notes Chambers UK 2010. Peers and clients highlight his "encyclopaedic knowledge of the industry" and describe him as "one of the perfect gentlemen of the mining world". "Very experienced and pragmatic", "thoughtful and thorough", peers dub Ian Coles "King Cole" for his "excellent ability and sensible approach" while clients praise his "unrivalled expertise regarding mining industry specifics" (Legal 500, 2009). This is echoed by Chambers & Partners &UK Directory 2009, which has peers and clients commending him as "simply excellent", he is well known and respected as an "extremely talented" project lawyer. Ian has been called "unquestionably a first-rate lawyer" (Chambers UK 2007) and was described as "hard to beat for mining finance experience" (Chambers UK 2006). UK Legal 500 called him "a significant figure in the firm's mining finance practice" who "boasts particular experience in project finance in the international mining arena". He was recommended by Legal Media Group's "Expert Guide" series as one of the world's leading lawyers in project finance and is listed in both The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers 2009 and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2010. Ian joined Mayer Brown in 1981, becoming a partner in 1987. Education
Harvard Law School, LLM, 1981 • University of Cambridge, BA, First Class Honours, 1978 Admitted
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