Shearman & Sterling LLP - Who's Who Legal 70

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Shearman & Sterling LLP in Who's Who Legal

	Corporate Tax
	5

	Private funds
	1

	Environment
	1

	Public Procurement
	1

	Project Finance
	9

	Capital Markets
	7

	Insolvency & Restructuring
	1

	Real Estate
	2

	Arbitration
	7

	Oil & Gas
	4

	Arbitration
	7

	Trade & Customs
	1

	Corporate Governance
	2

	Mining
	2

	Banking
	7

	Competition
	9

	Aviation
	2

	Mergers & Acquisitions
	7

Capital markets emerges as Shearman’s strongest suit, with 11 of its lawyers ranking highly in the corresponding chapter. David Beveridge heads the capital markets – Americas team out of the firm’s New York headquarters and is considered “a must for inclusion” by peers who recognise his recent work on behalf of Orion Cable, Texas Pacific Group and Apax Partners as “first-rate”. Also listed in New York are Robert Evans and the “superb” Antonia Stolper, who heads the firm’s Latin America practice group and is also listed as one of five Shearman lawyers in the banking chapter. Christopher Cummings is managing partner of the Toronto office and has built an “outstanding” reputation for his work for clients such as Fairfax Financial Holdings and Stantec. Head of UK derivatives Patrick Clancy and London structured finance group leader Julian Tucker are both “excellent” practitioners according to sources. The firm’s strong European presence in this discipline is further evidenced by listings in Rome and Frankfurt, while Matthew Bersani in Hong Kong and Masahisa Ikeda in Tokyo speak to the accomplishments of Shearman’s Asian offices.

Philip Dundas is the head of the firm’s Abu Dhabi office and is hailed a “leading name” in the project finance, M&A and oil and gas chapters, having handled numerous recent matters on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, including its US$1.5 billion joint venture with Borealis. The M&A and project finance sections feature a further six Shearman lawyers apiece, including listings from offices throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Disputes expert and Paris managing partner Emmanuel Gaillard joins Dundas in the oil and gas chapter, and is also recognised in the litigation and arbitration sections.

Shearman is ranked in Global Arbitration Review’s most recent “GAR 100” survey and fields an additional six lawyers in the corresponding chapter, including a further four “high-profile” names in Paris. Richard Kreindler in Frankfurt and Yu-Jin Tay in Singapore complete the firm’s impressive showing here.

Shearman’s competition teams in New York and Brussels are noted in Global Competition Review’s “GCR 100” survey and both offices field three partners apiece in the corresponding chapter. Recent acquisition Trevor Soames is renowned in Brussels for his cartel, state aid, monopolisation and merger work for clients such as Microsoft and United Airlines, and earns an additional listing as one of two Shearman lawyers in the aviation chapter. Kenneth Prince is the global antitrust practice leader and a “major figure” in New York according to peers who praise his complex transactional work as “first-rate”. London-based Christopher Bright completes the firm’s impressive listing in this section.

Listings in eight additional chapters further demonstrate the quality Shearman’s corporate, projects, natural resources and financial practices.