Shearman & Sterling’s Antitrust practice has been recognized by Law360 as a “Practice Group of the Year” in the Competition/Antitrust category. Winning practice groups are selected based on the breadth and significance of the matters highlighted and the complexity of the firm’s work during the past year.

Shearman & Sterling advised FLEX Capital on the financing of the acquisition of AMPAREX GmbH, the market leader in software for hearing care professionals, and IPRO GmbH, the market leader in software for opticians. The Berlin-based investment company FLEX Capital is thus laying the foundation for a software group of companies for "other service providers" in the healthcare sector.

Shearman & Sterling Antitrust partner James Webber has been listed as one of The Lawyer's Hot 100 for 2022. The Lawyer Hot 100 is an annual report identifying the most innovative and creative lawyers in the UK for the past year.

Shearman & Sterling advised TPG Inc. on the executive compensation, equity incentive, and senior executive and founder retention matters and related governance and disclosure considerations in connection with its initial public offering of 33,900,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $29.50 per share, resulting in total gross proceeds of approximately $1 billion.

Shearman & Sterling represented funds advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on the acquisition of a majority stake in in-tech GmbH (in-tech), a technology company for engineering services and software, from the two founders. Alongside the fund, DBAG will hold a stake of around 15% in in-tech. The closing of the transaction is inter alia subject to approval by the competent antitrust authorities and expected in the first quarter of 2022. The founders will continue to hold a non-controlling interest in in-tech.

Shearman & Sterling advised Banco do Brasil, acting through its Grand Cayman Branch, in connection with the offering of an aggregate principal amount of US$500 million 4.875 percent social bonds due 2029 issued under its Euro Medium Term Note Program.

Partner Lyle Roberts, counsel George Anhang and associate Michael Holt prepared an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation filed on December 13, 2021 asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that would hold companies liable for failing to include irrelevant and stale information in their forward-looking risk disclosures.

Shearman & Sterling LLP represented the underwriters in connection with Ford Motor Credit Company’s offering of two tranches of notes totaling $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount.

Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior medium-term notes due 2025, $1.35 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.450 percent senior medium-term notes due 2025, $750 million aggregate principal amount of 1.950 percent senior medium-term notes due 2027 and $850 million aggregate principal amount of 2.450 percent senior medium-term notes due 2032 under its U.S. senior medium-term notes program.

Partners Lyle Roberts, Mark D. Lanpher, counsel George Anhang, associate Billy Marsh, and associate Fatou Waggeh prepared an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation filed on January 5, 2022, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to review the application of recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent for securities class actions.