Rio Tinto PLC v. Vale, S.A. et alMOTION to Dismiss /Notice of Motion to Dismiss of Defendants Vale S.A., Benjamin Steinmetz, BSG Resources Ltd., VBG Guinea, VGB-ValeS.D.N.Y.February 6, 2015UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Rio Tinto plc, Plaintiff, -against- Vale S.A., Benjamin Steinmetz, BSG Resources Limited, VBG–Vale BSGR Limited aka BSG Resources (Guinea) Ltd. aka BSG Resources Guinée Ltd, BSG Resources Guinée SARL aka BSG Resources (Guinea) SARL aka VBG-Vale BSGR, Frederic Cilins, Mamadie Touré, and Mahmoud Thiam, Defendants. 14 Civ. 3042 (RMB) (AJP) NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISMISS OF DEFENDANTS VALE S.A., BENJAMIN STEINMETZ, BSG RESOURCES LTD., VBG GUINEA, VBG-VALE (GUERNSEY), AND MAHMOUD THIAM PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Rio Tinto plc’s Amended Complaint submitted by Defendants Vale S.A., Benjamin Steinmetz, BSG Resources Limited, VBG Guinea, VBG-Vale (Guernsey), and Mahmoud Thiam (collectively, “Defendants”) and the Declaration of Vincent Filardo, Jr., Esq. in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Rio Tinto plc’s Amended Complaint, and exhibits thereto, and all other papers and proceedings herein, Defendants will move this Court before the Honorable Richard M. Berman, United States District Judge, at the United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, at a date and time to be determined by the Court, for an order dismissing the Amended Complaint against Defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Defendants Benjamin Steinmetz, BSG Resources Limited, VBG Guinea, and VBG-Vale (Guernsey) will also move to dismiss the Amended Complaint against them for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2). Case 1:14-cv-03042-RMB-AJP Document 178 Filed 02/06/15 Page 1 of 3 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to the Court’s order at the hearing on January 20, 2015, any answering papers in response to this motion shall be served upon the undersigned counsel on or before March 6, 2015, and any reply papers shall be served upon plaintiff on or before March 20, 2015, unless otherwise agreed and so ordered by the Court. Case 1:14-cv-03042-RMB-AJP Document 178 Filed 02/06/15 Page 2 of 3 Dated: New York, New York February 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted on behalf of all Movants, CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP MISHCON DE REYA NEW YORK LLP By: /s/ L. Liman Lewis J. Liman Jonathan I. Blackman Boaz S. Morag One Liberty Plaza New York, New York 10006 (212) 225-2000 (212) 225-3999 Attorneys for Defendant Vale S.A. By: /s/ V. Filardo, Jr. Vincent Filardo, Jr. Robert Gold Elizabeth M. Rotenberg-Schwartz 750 Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor New York, New York 10019 (212) 612-3270 (212) 612-3297 Attorneys for Defendants BSG Resources Limited and Benjamin Steinmetz LAW OFFICES OF MARTIN J. AUERBACH, ESQ. SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP (MA) By: /s/ M. J. Auerbach Martin J. Auerbach 1330 Avenue of the Americas Suite 1100 New York, New York 10019 (212) 704-4347 (212) 304-0175 Attorneys for Defendants VBG-Vale BSGR Limited a/k/a BSG Resources (Guinea) Ltd. a/k/a BSG Resources Guinee Ltd., and BSG Resources Guinee SARL a/k/a BSG Resources (Guinea) Ltd. a/k/a VBG-Vale BSGR Guinea By: /s/ P. Summit Paul Eliot Summit One Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 (617) 210-8437 (617) 338-2880 Attorneys for Defendant Mahmoud Thiam Case 1:14-cv-03042-RMB-AJP Document 178 Filed 02/06/15 Page 3 of 3
