Biography: Mining

John F Meck, a partner with Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, has over 40 years' experience in private practice and as corporate counsel with emphasis in mining and oil and gas law, domestic and international business transactions, and finance. He has served as counsel for multinational mining and resource companies throughout North America and in Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, French Guiana, the United Kingdom, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia. Mr Meck specialises in negotiating, structuring and implementing natural resource projects for the exploration and development of mineral properties, through direct investment, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.

Mr Meck has also acted as general counsel and corporate secretary for publicly held companies whose stock is traded on principal United States and Canadian stock exchanges. He has extensive experience in corporate matters implementing complex reorganisation and merger agreements, structuring entities to meet commercial objectives, advising on securities laws disclosure requirements, and performing and supervising due diligence reviews.

Mr Meck was educated at Dartmouth College (BA, 1967) and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (JD, 1971). He has served on various committees of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and is a member of the California, Colorado and American Bar Associations, and the American Society of Corporate Secretaries.

Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley is a business-oriented law firm specialising in corporate affairs and business organisations, natural resources, mining, oil and gas, international and domestic business ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, project finance, ranching, and litigation.