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{ Feature } managIng rIsk across Borders the eVolVIng role oF general counsel By Jennifer Lewington Mexico was on Charlene ripley’s radar as soon as she joined Canadian mining giant goldcorp inc. last year. in june 2013, one month into her job as executive vice-president and general counsel, a Mexican agrarian court ruled in favour of rural landowners in a simmering land claim dispute at goldcorp’s peñasquito Mine, the largest gold producer in Mexico. Meanwhile, separate from the legal fght, the Mexican government introduced energy reforms that rewrote the rules for foreign mining companies, imposing higher taxes and fewer preferential regulations. 18 CCCa Magazine | Fall 2014 autoMne