Press Release

Morgan Lewis Advising Huayou in Acquisition of Lithium Mine in Zimbabwe

January 26, 2022

SINGAPORE, January 26, 2022: Morgan Lewis Stamford is representing one of the world’s largest producers of cobalt, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., as Singapore counsel in its acquisition of the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe for $422 million.

Lithium and its chemical compounds have a wide range of industrial applications resulting in numerous chemical and technical uses.

The Morgan Lewis Stamford team that advised Huayou includes director Bernard Lui, associate director Gina Ng, and associate Aden Tan.

Our Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong. Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC is a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.