Kate Southwell

Deputy General Counsel

Anglo American

Resourcing Tomorrow
Kate Southwell

Kate Southwell

Deputy General Counsel

Anglo American

Kate is Deputy General Counsel, and an experienced NED and strategic advisor to various mining and contracting companies, large corporations and financial institutions.     

As a qualified lawyer in both the US and UK, Kate brings a strongly commercial focus to create value, communicate complex legal problems in an accessible way, and minimize risk. Kate has over 15 years of experience working with mining companies and finance providers across various geographies and commodities. Her expertise includes the structuring of private equity investments, managing the project financing process, coordinating due diligence, negotiating commercial terms, improving corporate governance, managing litigation and liaising with regulators and other key stakeholders. She is passionate about creating and managing teams, supporting and developing the careers of others and driving excellence. 

Kate has a proven track record in completing complex transactions, and creating value while controlling costs and managing risks in a challenging commodity price environment. 

Admitted to practice in the UK and New York, fluent in French and conversant in Spanish and German. Kate has worked in multiple jurisdictions and demonstrated flexibility, tenacity and diplomacy while working on projects in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America/Canada and Africa.

 

Kate Southwell

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Exploring, Sourcing, Financing and Supplying the Critical Minerals Required to Resource Tomorrow

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Ministerial Keynote
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Keynote Panel: Reviewing the EU Critical Minerals Act: Status, Opportunities and Challenges for the Mining Industry
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Ministerial Keynote: Yukon
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Keynote Panel: Ensuring the Responsible Sourcing and Secure Supply of Critical Minerals Throughout the Entire Value Chain
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Ministerial Keynote: British Columbia
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Keynote Panel: How Can the Industry Shorten the Gap From Exploration to Production? Why Does the Lassonde Curve Still Take 16 Years? New Thinking in Financing, Technology, Collaboration and Innovation
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