Across Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, Shearman & Sterling’s multidisciplinary Latin America Group advised on Latin America’s most important deals of 2010. The firm's work on these deals has been recognized with recent awards from Latin Lawyer, LatinFinance and Project Finance International.
“We are delighted to have been part of the region’s most notable transactions,” said partner Antonia Stolper, head of the Latin America Group. “These deals have helped shape not only the Latin America market but also the global economy.”
Award-winning deals on which Shearman & Sterling advised multinational corporations, sovereigns, and financial institutions, both within and outside of Latin America, include:
Shearman & Sterling's Latin America Group is comprised of 17 partners from Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Development & Finance, Bank Finance, Asset Management, Tax, Property, and International Arbitration, operating from offices in New York, São Paulo, Abu Dhabi, Paris, and Toronto. Four of the group’s partners were recognized by Latin Business Chronicle as "legal stars" in 2010, and the team’s office in São Paulo helped earn recognition as the “most preferred international law firm” for work in the Brazilian legal market.