Shearman & Sterling represented ENGIE Energía Chile S.A. (EECL), a Chilean power company and subsidiary of the ENGIE group, in connection with an offering of $500 million of its 6.375% Green Senior Notes due 2034

On the cusp of our forthcoming merger to become A&O Shearman, the firm takes great pride in congratulating the Shearman & Sterling Food Service Team for achieving certification as a Center for Excellence by FLIK Hospitality Group, one of the country’s foremost corporate dining and hospitality providers. The certification reflects the outstanding work of the firm’s food service and hospitality crew, whose talents and dedication made it possible to earn recognition as a “Best in Class” business.

Partner Lyle Roberts (Washington, D.C.-Litigation), counsel George Anhang (Washington, D.C.-Litigation), and associate Billy Marsh (Dallas-Litigation), filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) urging the Supreme Court to grant review of the Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank and decide whether a public company’s risk disclosures under Item 105 of Regulation S-K can form the basis of a viable securities fraud class action under Rule 10b-5 if they do not disclose instances in which a risk has materialized in the past.

Shearman & Sterling advised BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, National Bank of Canada Financial Markets and TD Securities, as joint book-running managers, and BMO Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Scotiabank, as co-managers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust (“OTFT”) of US$1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2029. 

Shearman & Sterling Private Equity partner Alain Dermarkar has been recognized by Texas Lawbook as a top dealmaker in the state of Texas for 2023. Over the course of the year, Alain advised clients in 13 transactions valued at $3.27 billion.

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling (Shearman) today announce the first partner promotions for the combined firm, A&O Shearman. A total of 41 partners have been elected to the partnership by their current respective firms.

Shearman & Sterling has been shortlisted by the International Financial Law Review as a “Pro Bono Work International Firm of the Year” as part of its 2024 Women in Business Law Awards.

Asia Regional Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Lorna Chen was appointed by the Hong Kong government to the Resolution Compensation Tribunal (RCT) as a panel member for a term of 2 years commencing from April 1, 2024.

Shearman & Sterling is advising Genmab A/S, an international biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, on its proposed acquisition of ProfoundBio, a privately-owned Seattle-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation ADCs and ADC technologies for the treatment of certain cancers, for $1.8 billion, payable in cash at closing.

Shearman & Sterling, together with Stikeman Elliott LLP, is advising BUSA Acquisition Co., a Nevada incorporated entity, in connection with the acquisition of BankCard USA Merchant Services Inc. from Quisitive Technology Solutions, a Canadian public company and a Microsoft Cloud and AI solutions provider.