New York, December 11, 2007—Shearman & Sterling has elected 13 associates and counsel to the partnership across its worldwide platform. The new partners practice in nine offices—Abu Dhabi, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Rome, Toronto and Washington, D.C.—and in the asset management, bank finance, bankruptcy and reorganization, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, property and tax practice areas.

“It is a distinct pleasure to welcome this outstanding group of lawyers to the partnership,” said Rohan Weerasinghe, Shearman & Sterling’s senior partner. “The depth and breadth across geography and practice areas represent the increasingly broad scope of our practice and our clients globally.”

The following lawyers were elected partner:

Abu Dhabi and London
Benjamin R. F. Shorten, who practices in the firm’s project development and finance group in London and Abu Dhabi, completed the Legal Practice Course at The College of Law, London, in 1997, the Common Professional Examination (Diploma in Law) at The College of Law, London, in 1996, and received a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Cambridge, Downing College, in 1994.

Düsseldorf
Marco A. Sustmann, who practices in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group in Düsseldorf, completed his Second State Exam in 2000, received a Dr. iur., magna cum laude, from the University of Trier in 1999, and completed his First State Exam in 1996.

Frankfurt
Marc O. Plepelits, who practices in the firm’s capital markets group in Frankfurt, received an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1997 and a Magister Juris from the University of Vienna Law School in 1995.

Hong Kong
Kyungwon (Won) Lee, who practices in the firm’s capital markets group in Hong Kong, received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1997, an M.B.A. from New York University in 1995, and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1988.

London
Michael W. Benjamin, who practices in the firm’s capital markets group in London, received a Bachelor of Commerce, with Merit, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales in 1997.

New York
Lisa M. Brill, who practices in the firm’s property group in New York, received a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999, and an A.B., magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College in 1995.

Geoffrey B. Goldman, who practices in the firm’s asset management group in New York, received a J.D. in 1996 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Kent Scholar and a Stone Scholar, and an A.B. from Stanford University in 1993.

Monica L. Holland, who practices in the firm’s finance group in New York, received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1999 and an A.B. from Princeton University in 1996.

Michael H. Torkin, who practices in the firm’s bankruptcy and reorganization group in New York, received an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Ontario) in 1997 and a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in 1993.

Rome
Fabio Fauceglia, who practices in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions and capital markets groups in Rome, received an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2001 and a J.D. from The Luiss University (Rome) in 1994.

Toronto
Adam M. Givertz, who practices in the firm’s capital markets and mergers and acquisitions groups in Toronto, received an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Ontario) in 2000, an M.A. from Queen’s University in 1992, and a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1990.

Washington, DC
Kristen M. Garry, who practices in the firm’s tax group in Washington, D.C., received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 2003, a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1998, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Cornell University in 1993.

Craig J. Gibian, who practices in the firm’s tax group in Washington, D.C., received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1996 and an A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University in 1992.

For additional information contact:
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