Überblick
Feb 18, 2020
Shearman & Sterling has been ranked among the top U.S. bank finance law firms in 2019, according to Bloomberg and Refinitiv LPC’s latest league tables, having scored top-ten finishes across multiple categories. Among its top-ten finishes, the firm was ranked No. 2 in the “Global Loans Lender Legal Advisors” and “U.S. Loans Lender Legal Advisors” categories by Bloomberg, as well as No. 1 in Bloomberg’s “U.S. Investment Grade Loans Lender Legal Advisors” category. The firm also ranked at No. 3 in Refinitiv LPC’s“Global Lender Representation by Volume” category and at No. 4 and No. 5 in its “US Lender Law Firm by Volume” and “Overall US Law Firm by Volume” categories, respectively.
Feb 18, 2020
Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration team obtained yet another outstanding award by securing the dismissal of a $3.6 billion claim for the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS). Our client has now fully prevailed in all three arbitrations initiated in connection with the LNG Plant in Damietta, Egypt, in which claims exceeding $4 billion were brought against EGAS.
Feb 18, 2020
Shearman & Sterling advised EMERAM Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Frostkrone Food Group (Frostkrone), on the financing of the add-on acquisition of Innovate Foods.
Feb 18, 2020
Today, the Court of the Appeal of The Hague dismissed the Russian Federation’s application to set aside the 2014 Yukos awards secured by Shearman & Sterling.
Feb 18, 2020
Shearman & Sterling was awarded “Deal of the Year” for the firm’s work on four high-profile China-related transactions by China Business Law Journal, a leading China-focused legal publication. The awards honor legal innovation, regulatory complexity and precedents that have been established in China.
Feb 14, 2020
Shearman & Sterling represented the independent directors of StoneCastle Financial Corp., a NYSE-listed closed-end investment company (the company), in connection with ArrowMark Partners’ acquisition of StoneCastle Asset Management, LLC, the investment adviser to the company.
Feb 26, 2020
Partner James Webber (London-Antitrust) will speak at the EU Competition Law 2020 Dublin conference organized by Knect365 on February 26, 2020. James will participate in the panel “State Aid and Tax,” together with Leo Flynn (European Commission Legal Service) and Geoffrey Dunne (Enterprise Ireland).
Feb 27, 2020
Malcolm Montgomery (New York-Real Estate) has been invited by the Mexico Chamber of Commerce to participate as a speaker at their 7th Annual United States-Mexico Real Estate Investment Summit on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
Mar 04, 2020
The UK State Aid Law Association and Shearman & Sterling are organizing an evening seminar titled “UK Subsidy Control After Brexit” on March 4, 2020. Panelists Kelyn Bacon QC (Brick Court Chambers), Lorand Bartels (Trinity Hall, Cambridge), Victoria Hewson (Institute of Economic Affairs) George Peretz QC (Monckton Chambers), Dr. Ulrich Soltész (Partner, Gleiss Lutz, Brussels) and partner James Webber (London- Antitrust) will be discussing the legal and policy issues surrounding a domestic UK anti-subsidy/State aid regime.