Overview
Jun 20, 2019
Partners Emmanuel Gaillard and Maude Lebois (both Paris-International Arbitration) are featured in Jeune Afrique’s ranking of the 50 most influential business lawyers in francophone Africa in 2018. Maude has been ranked for the first time. Jeune Afrique is a very widely read French-language pan-African weekly magazine.
Jun 19, 2019
Partner Mallory Brennan (New York-Litigation) has been named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal. The Rising Stars awards recognize the New York region’s most promising lawyers 40 and younger and are judged by an outside panel of experts.
Jun 19, 2019
Shearman & Sterling advised CCI Lyon Métropole, founder and main stakeholder of emlyon business school, on the proposed investment of Qualium Investissement and Bpifrance in the share capital of the holding company of emlyon business school. This partnership is designed to support the school in its developments worldwide and in its commitment to excellence.
Jun 18, 2019
Shearman & Sterling advised CPFL Energia S.A. in connection with its SEC-registered global follow-on offering of 116,817,126 common shares, including in the form of American depositary shares. Headquartered in Campinas, Brazil, CPFL is one of the largest energy distributors in Brazil in terms of gigawatt hours of electricity distributed to consumers.
Jun 17, 2019
Shearman & Sterling was ranked among the top 20 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer’s 2019 Diversity Scorecard, a survey of the United States’ largest and highest-grossing law firms to determine the diversity makeup of their full-time lawyers and partners.
Jun 17, 2019
Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration practice is ranked five stars (tier 1) in the international arbitration category in the June 2019 dispute resolution special issue of French magazine Option Droit et Affaires.
Jun 20, 2019
Partner Jennifer Younan (Paris-International Arbitration) will participate in the panel entitled “Investment Arbitration – A Safe Harbour in Turbulent Times?” held at the 7th Annual GAR Live Istanbul conference, which will take place on June 20, 2019.
Jun 20, 2019
Partner Yas Banifatemi (Paris-International Arbitration) will deliver the keynote speech entitled “Changed Circumstances and Treaty Arbitration” at the 31st Annual Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Workshop and Annual Meeting in Dallas on June 20, 2019. Her keynote will survey and analyze recent trends, including the energy sector in Europe.
Jun 21, 2019
Partner Geert Goeteyn (Brussels-Antitrust) will speak at the 6th Air Law Conference organized by LUISS University in Rome on June 21, 2019. Geert will participate in the panel “When Is Competition Fair and How to Regulate it?” moderated by Francesco Munari (University of Genua and LUISS University).