Shearman & Sterling is a proud underwriter of The 11^th Annual Texas Life Science Forum, the premier life science event in Texas that brings together members from industry, emerging life science companies, academic, and investors. The Forum will be held on November 8, 2022, on campus at Rice University and is co-hosted by BioHouston and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

Shearman & Sterling is proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of the Texas General Counsel Forum 24th Annual Conference to be held in Austin, Texas on November 3–4, 2022.

Shearman & Sterling is a proud sponsor of The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship’s 19^th Annual Energy Tech Venture Forum, the premier energy tech venture capital conference held in Houston, Texas on September 15, 2022.

Partner Elvira Aliende Rodriguez will speak at the GCR Live Law Leaders Asia Pacific conference organized by Global Competition Review on August 25–26 in Singapore.

Asia Regional Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Lorna Chen, partner Wanda Woo, counsels Hae-Ran Song and Anil Motwani joined a webinar titled “Legal Aspects of ESG Investment” co-hosted by Shearman & Sterling and Association of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong on August 11.

On July 26, The Shearman Coffee Club for Women in Law hosted a fireside chat with Teri P. McClure, former General Counsel and Chief Human Resources Officer, SVP of Labor Relations and Communications, UPS, Inc. Senior Associate Caitrin McKiernan (Hong Kong-Litigation) facilitated the virtual event and Amber Lee Williams, SVP and Deputy General Counsel, Bath & Body Works, Inc., moderated the wide-ranging discussion. Attendees were comprised of in-house counsel from a broad range of multinational corporations. 

Counsel Edward Taylor (Hong Kong-International Arbitration) spoke on the topic “Navigating Valuation Challenges in the Crypto Dispute Landscape” at the LegalPlus Conference “Technology: Effects on Arbitration and Corporate Crime in SE Asia – A Game Changer for 2022?” held in Singapore on July 21, 2022.

Partner Gillian Emmett Moldowan participated as a speaker at PLI’s Understanding the Securities Laws 2022 conference in New York.

Shearman & Sterling hosted a webinar titled “Key Considerations and Remedies for Businesses Impacted by the Russia/Ukraine War” on Thursday, July 14 at 3:00–4:00 pm BST.

Partner Barney Reynolds spoke on a Future of Finance webinar titled “Why the Case for Regulating Cryptocurrencies is Becoming Unanswerable.”