Shearman & Sterling hat UniCredit als Sole Bookrunner bei der Finanzierung des Erwerbs der GfS - Gesellschaft für Sicherheitstechnik mbH durch Maxburg Capital Partners GmbH beraten.

Partner Matthew Readings (London-Antitrust) will speak at the IFLR European M&A Forum 2019 in London on September 17, 2019.  Matthew will moderate the panel on “Merger Controls,” joined by panelists Colin Raferty (Competition and Markets Authority), Jonas Drachmann Gram (Novo Holdings) and Olivia Hagger (London Stock Exchange).

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Partner Sidharth Bhasin (Singapore/Hong Kong-Mergers & Acquisitions) will moderate a panel discussion on “Complexities of Cross-Border Transactions” at the IFLR India M&A Forum on September 17 in Mumbai, India. 

The changes to the cybersecurity and data protection landscape have been significant.

Shearman & Sterling advised BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as joint book-running managers, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as co-managers, in connection with Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust’s (OTFT) U.S. Rule 144A/Regulation S private placement of US$1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.625% senior notes due 2024. The notes are guaranteed by OTFT’s parent, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.

The Financial Times (FT) ranked Shearman & Sterling one of the 26 most innovative international law firms in Europe in the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2019 report.

Partner Mallory Brennan (New York-Litigation) was recognized as a rising star in securities litigation at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s second annual Americas Rising Star awards ceremony. The awards ceremony, held in in New York on September 12, celebrated the achievements of lawyers under the age of 40 across a number of practice areas.

The corporate governance debate among companies, institutional investors and advocacy groups has taken a shift over the past few proxy seasons.

Partner Jennifer Younan (Paris-International Arbitration) participated in the panel entitled “Ethics in Investment Arbitration” as part of the Kyiv Arbitration Days conference which was held in Kyiv on September 13.

Associate Mikaël Schinazi (Paris-International Arbitration) delivered a presentation on “The ICC: One Hundred Years of Arbitration (1919-2019)” at the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS) as part of its Executive Course entitled “ICC Arbitration: Current Developments.”