Leyre Suárez Davalos, Author at Dentons Mining Law Blog

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The latest trends in mining disputes in Ecuador

By Leyre Suárez Davalos

Tariffs, tech and turnarounds: Canada-US cross‑border M&A in 2025

If 2024 was a year of hesitation for Canada-US dealmaking, 2025 was a year of recalibration. Cross-border M&A did not return to pre-pandemic exuberance, but it regained momentum through disciplined [...]

Global mining trends that are becoming the new normal

As the importance of developing mining resources increases and the capital costs associated with doing so not only increase, but evolve in complexity, keeping up with global trends is not [...]

Justiciable or not justiciable? <em>Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) </em>and the application of <em>UNDRIP </em>in BC

Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (Gitxaała), issued by the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) on December 5, 2025, is a split decision on the nature of the [...]