Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shearman & Sterling today announces it is bolstering its Real Estate practice in New York as Carolyn Stoner joins as a partner ahead of merger with Allen & Overy, to become A&O Shearman. Carolyn advises clients in a range of complex real estate matters across all asset classes, including hospitality, digital infrastructure, commercial office buildings, major transportation and cultural centers, and multi-asset portfolios.

News April 18, 2024 Shearman & Sterling represented ENGIE Energía Chile S.A. (EECL), a Chilean power company and subsidiary of the ENGIE group, in connection with an offering of $500 million of its 6.375% Green Senior Notes due 2034 and a concurrent abbreviated cash tender offer for any and all of its 4.500% Notes due 2025. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

News April 15, 2024 Partner Lyle Roberts (Washington, D.C.-Litigation), counsel George Anhang (Washington, D.C.-Litigation), and associate Billy Marsh (Dallas-Litigation), filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) urging the Supreme Court to grant review of the Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in Facebook, Inc. v.

News April 15, 2024 Shearman & Sterling takes great pride in congratulating the firm’s Food Service Team for achieving certification as a Center for Excellence by FLIK Hospitality Group, one of the country’s foremost corporate dining and hospitality providers. The certification reflects the outstanding work of the firm’s food service and hospitality crew, whose talents and dedication made it possible to earn recognition as a “Best in Class” business.

News April 10, 2024 Shearman & Sterling Private Equity partner Alain Dermarkar has been recognized by Texas Lawbook as a top dealmaker in the state of Texas for 2023. Over the course of the year, Alain advised clients in 13 transactions valued at $3.27 billion. The Lawbook’s 2023 dealmakers list includes 491 Texas lawyers who were the lead or co-lead legal advisors for buyers, sellers and targets in transactions announced last year.

News April 10, 2024 Shearman & Sterling advised BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, National Bank of Canada Financial Markets and TD Securities, as joint book-running managers, and BMO Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Scotiabank, as co-managers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust (“OTFT”) of US$1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2029.

Shearman & Sterling has been shortlisted by the International Financial Law Review as a “Pro Bono Work International Firm of the Year” as part of its 2024 Women in Business Law Awards.

London and New York, April 8, 2024 – Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling (Shearman) today announce the first partner promotions for the combined firm, A&O Shearman. A total of 40 partners have been elected to the partnership by their current respective firms. A&O elected 32 partners and Shearman elected eight, consistent with the relative size of the two firms and their geographic footprints. They will join the A&O Shearman partnership upon the merger closing on May 1, 2024.

News April 05, 2024 Asia Regional Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Lorna Chen was appointed by the Hong Kong government to the Resolution Compensation Tribunal (RCT) as a panel member for a term of 2 years commencing from April 1, 2024. The RCT is a statutory tribunal established under Hong Kong’s Financial Institutions (Resolution) Ordinance (Cap 628) (FIRO) to hear appeals from persons aggrieved by the specified decisions made by the resolution authorities and independent valuer.

Shearman & Sterling is advising Genmab A/S, an international biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, on its proposed acquisition of ProfoundBio, a privately-owned Seattle-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation ADCs and ADC technologies for the treatment of certain cancers, for $1.8 billion, payable in cash at closing.