Partners Katie Hicks (London - Project Development & Finance) and Robert Freedman (New York - Project Development & Finance) will be speaking at the Private Placements Industry Forum taking place between January 21-24 in Miami, Florida.

Partner Brian Burke (New York/Shanghai-Litigation) will participate in a webinar titled “Hold the Phone! How Instant Messaging Apps are Changing Internal Compliance Investigations,” on December 12 at 3 pm ET. The webinar, hosted by Consilio, will discuss the complexities that arise from collecting and reviewing correspondence among employees on instant messaging applications and how to strike a balance between ephemeral messaging and effective investigations. 

Partner Adam Schwartz (Washington, D.C.-Litigation) will be part of the faculty teaching a CLE class that will provide an overview on representing companies and individuals facing white collar criminal investigations. The class will take place on December 4 at the D.C. Bar.

Partner Nils Eliasson (Hong Kong-International Arbitration) and senior associate Edward Taylor (Hong Kong-International Arbitration) welcomed the Association of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong (ACC HK) to a breakfast seminar entitled “Mitigating Dispute Risk” on November, 21 2019 at Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office.

Partner Nathan Greene (New York-Investment Funds) will be speaking at an upcoming conference, Financial Services RegTech and Regulatory Compliance Forum 2019, at Practicing Law Institute (PLI) in New York on Thursday, November 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. 

Partner Emmanuel Jacomy (Singapore/Beijing-International Arbitration) and senior associate Dimitrios Katsikis (Singapore-International Arbitration) spoke at the Young Arbitration Group (YAG) Inaugural Conference titled “International Arbitration in Pakistan: Opportunities for the Next Generation,” which took place in Islamabad on November 15 and 16, 2019.

Shearman & Sterling hosted a conference on “Universal Artificial Intelligence: Levelling the Playing Field” in Paris on November 15, 2019 in collaboration with UNCITRAL and BCG Gamma. Partner Yas Banifatemi (Paris-International Arbitration) built the program and acted as moderator throughout the conference.

Shearman & Sterling was a proud sponsor of the Texas Appleseed Good Apple Dinner held in Austin, Texas on November 14, 2019. Texas Appleseed is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works for justice for underrepresented Texans. 

Counsel Roberta Cherman (São Paulo-Capital Markets) participated in a seminar called “Urban Infrastructure: Investment and Financing Opportunities of Green Projects in Brazil,” on November 13 at the São Paulo office of local law firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados.

Shearman & Sterling hosted a breakfast seminar on Wednesday, November 13 on "AML: An Insider's View."   Partner Susanna Charlwood (London-Litigation) chaired a panel discussion between partners Thomas Donegan (London-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) and Philip Urofsky (Washington, D.C.-Litigation), Of Counsel Simon Dodds (London-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) and Mathew Orr (London-Litigation).