Mr. Guilherme Doval, coordinator of Almeida Advogados’ Belo Horizonte branch was appointed as the new Coordinator of GlobalMine®, the Mining Law Initiative from Globalaw, a worldwide network of independent law firms with over 4,000 lawyers in 80 countries in which Almeida Advogados is the only Brazilian associate. GlobalMine® is a group of Globalaw firms with established mining law practices in North, Central and South America, Australia and Southeast Asia, working together to assist junior, mid-tier and senior mining companies with all types of projects in many of the most active mining jurisdictions in the world. Almeida Advogados has a growing participation in Globalaw having hosted the Americas Regional Meeting in March/2012 and the appointment of Mr. Guilherme Doval recognizes Almeida Advogados’ major role in Globalaw.