Shearman & Sterling was a top performer in the recently released IJGlobal league tables for the first half of 2016.

The firm was involved in five of the top 10 global project financings completed during this time period: Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia ($5.8 billion), Central Java Power in Indonesia ($4.3 billion), Facility D Power in Qatar ($3 billion), Chicago Skyway Toll Road in the US ($2.9 billion) and Purple Line Light Rail PPP in the US ($2.4 billion).

In addition, Shearman & Sterling’s involvement in these and other deals earned the firm the following notable geographic and industry rankings based on total deal value:

• No. 1 Power Legal Adviser
• No. 2 Legal Adviser in Global Project Finance
• No. 2 Asia Pacific Legal Adviser
• No. 2 MENA Legal Adviser
• No. 2 North America Legal Adviser
• No. 2 Transport Legal Adviser
• No. 2 Mining Legal Adviser
• No. 5 Oil & Gas Legal Adviser

Based in the UK, IJGlobal is a single source of in-depth news, insight and analysis on all aspects of global infrastructure finance from conception to completion.

Shearman & Sterling’s Project Development & Finance Group advises on important infrastructure projects in every corner of the world, formulating sophisticated solutions to issues that arise in connection with projects in all major industries. Operating from major business centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, our team’s lawyers are knowledgeable in a wide spectrum of corporate practice and provide clients with world-leading project development and finance capability under New York and English law.