Project Finance Magazine affirmed the market-leading breadth of Shearman & Sterling’s finance capabilities and the global leadership of its projects team by awarding three precedent-setting deals on which the group advised—Topaz, InterGen/Zorro and GNL Quintero LNG—at the magazine’s awards dinner in New York on March 5.
From Asia, Europe and the Middle East to North and Latin America, Shearman & Sterling’s Project Development & Finance Group has received unprecedented recognition for its leadership role in the worldwide power, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors in 2008, including:
- North America Portfolio Power Deal of the Year 2008 | Topaz | Project Finance
- Latin America Power Deal of the Year 2008 | InterGen/Zorro | Project Finance
- Latin America Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2008 | GNL Quintero LNG | Project Finance
- Top 10 Deal of 2008 – Americas | Puget Energy | Project Finance International
- Best Project Finance Deal of 2008 | Angamos Power Project | Latin Finance
- Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2008 | GNL Quintero LNG | Project Finance International
- Power Deal of the Year 2008 | Angamos Power Project | Project Finance International
- Asia Refinancing Deal of the Year 2008 | Santa Rita Power Project | Project Finance
- European Leisure Deal of the Year 2008 | Wembley National Stadium | Project Finance
- Middle East IWPP Deal of the Year 2008 | Ras Abu Fontas A1 | Project Finance
The group’s work is also shortlisted for the following awards, to be decided in the coming weeks:
- Legal Adviser of the Year – Power 2008 | Infrastructure Journal
- Project Finance Team of the Year 2008 | IFLR Americas Awards
- Project Finance Deal of the Year 2008 | Panama Canal Expansion | IFLR Americas Awards
- Project Finance Deal of the Year 2008 | GNL Quintero LNG | IFLR Americas Awards
- Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2008 | GNL Quintero LNG | Infrastructure Journal
- Power Deal of the Year 2008 | Angamos Power Project | Infrastructure Journal
- Project Finance Deal of the Year 2008 | GHECO-One Power Project | IFLR Asia Awards
Shearman & Sterling’s project finance lawyers boast a leading reputation in both New York and English law, with an integrated practice operating across the Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo offices, as well as a long-term commitment to the emerging markets and a pioneering role on worldwide market firsts.