Shearman & Sterling advised IG4 Capital (IG4) on the successful final close of IG4 Capital Private Equity Investment II, structured as a series of English limited partnerships, that collectively focuses on making control, co-control and influential minority private equity investments in special situation opportunities in Latin America.  The fund has raised $231.5 million in capital commitments.

Shearman & Sterling partners with UK-based charity Human Rights at Sea to jointly develop a system aimed at facilitating, through the use of international arbitration, the redress of human rights abuses occurring at sea.

George Casey, Global Managing Partner of Shearman & Sterling, chaired a conference moderated by Chief Justice Leo Strine and Penn Law Prof. Larry Hamermesh titled "Comparative Deal Architecture: Are U.S. and European Deals Built the Same Way; Cross-Border Deal Dynamics in a Fragmenting World."

Partner Philip Stopford (London-Finance) and associate Maria Cornilsen (London-Finance) hosted a podcast with Debtwire in which they discussed cross-border anti-net short trends. This podcast explores the topic of anti-net short investor protections and how this relatively new mechanic to leveraged finance transactions has evolved over a short period of time.

Shearman & Sterling advised BBVA Bancomer, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, as administrative agent and sole lead arranger and bookrunner, on the $470 million refinancing of a credit facility for Mexican automotive company Rassini.

Further to the recent Shearman & Sterling event about the future of subsidy control State aid in the U.K., held on Wednesday 4 March 2020.

Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank Securities, as underwriters, in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2023 (the Notes) under its U.S. medium-term note program.

Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., in connection with a shelf takedown of $400 million of ONEOK, Inc.’s 2.200 percent notes due 2025, $850 million of ONEOK, Inc.’s 3.100 percent notes due 2030 and $500 million of ONEOK, Inc.’s 4.500 percent notes due 2050. The net proceeds from the offering are being used to repay all amounts outstanding under the company’s commercial paper program and for general corporate purposes.

Following Shearman & Sterling’s recent expansion in Texas with a new Dallas office, the firm is welcoming two more partners, Ann Marie Cowdrey and Nathan Meredith, to the team.

Shearman & Sterling advised Siparex on its minority investment in Batibig Group via the investment fund Siparex ETI 4.