Shearman & Sterling is delighted to sponsor Connecting Green Hydrogen Asia-Pacific 2021, which will provide a platform for more than 600 regional thought leaders in both public and private sectors to collaborate on critical issues and opportunities in harnessing hydrogen for future.

Shearman & Sterling is a proud underwriter of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship’s 19th Annual Energy Technology Venture Forum, the premier energy tech venture capital conference being held in Houston, Texas on September 14-16, 2021.

Kris Ferranti (New York-Real Estate) will be participating as a panelist at a live CLE webinar presentation titled “Fractional Ownership of NFTs and Blockchain in Real Estate Transactions: Key Legal and Regulatory Considerations” on August 30, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET.

Shearman & Sterling is a proud underwriter of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Energy Tech Venture Day at the Offshore Technology Conference. The event will allow startups to connect with investors and energy companies on Monday, August 16, 2021.

Shearman & Sterling was proud to sponsor the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Central Texas Program. The program recognizes unstoppable entrepreneurs in Central Texas whose unbounded ambitions deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world.

Shearman & Sterling was pleased to host the fourth installment of our Family Office Webinar Series on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, “NFTs – Investment Opportunities in Emerging Digital Assets” led by partner Donna Parisi, with Vanessa Grellet, Head of Portfolio Growth at Coinfund.

Adam Hakki (New York-Litigation), Global Managing Partner and Global Head of the Firm’s Litigation Practice and Disputes Unit, served as a faculty member at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Compliance and Legal Society Annual Seminar on July 20–22, 2021.

Dramatic and unprecedented events have accelerated the acknowledgement that the corporation’s obligation to society at large and its various stakeholders has only intensified. While environmental issues (the ‘E’ of ESG) continue to be important, social and governance issues (the ‘S’ and the ‘G’ of ESG) have now taken center stage.

Partner Elvira Aliende Rodriguez (Antitrust-Brussels) spoke at the GCR Connect: Law Leaders Europe conference organized by Global Competition Review on July 12-13, 2021.

Germany has recently further tightened its rules on foreign direct investment. The new regulations came into force on May 1, 2021 and are expected to significantly impact cross-border M&A transactions by requiring mandatory foreign investment filings over a wider range of activities and industry sectors.