Shearman & Sterling’s global Project Development & Finance Group ranked among the top 10 across 10 categories in Infrastructure Journal’s 1H 2010 league tables. Highlights include:

• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Mining & Metals (closed deals and mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Renewables (mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Asia Pacific (mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Latin America (closed deals)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Subcontinent (mandates won)

Additional top 10 rankings on the Infrastructure Journal league tables were achieved in categories including Global, North America, Power and Transport.

The $3.1 billion Pueblo Viejo Gold Project in the Dominican Republic, on which Shearman & Sterling advised Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, a joint venture between Barrick Gold and Goldcorp Inc., was also listed by Dealogic as the fourth largest global project finance deal to close in the first half of 2010.