Shearman & Sterling Secures Five No. 1 Rankings in Global Project Finance

NEW YORK, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Shearman & Sterling LLP's global Project Development & Finance Group ranked among the top 10 across 10 categories in Infrastructure Journal's 1H 2010 league tables. Highlights include:

• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Mining & Metals (closed deals and mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Renewables (mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Asia Pacific (mandates won)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Latin America (closed deals)
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Subcontinent (mandates won)

Additional top 10 rankings on the Infrastructure Journal league tables were achieved in categories including Global, North America, Power and Transport.

The $3.1 billion Pueblo Viejo Gold Project in the Dominican Republic, on which Shearman & Sterling advised Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, a joint venture between Barrick Gold and Goldcorp Inc., was also listed by Dealogic as the fourth largest global project finance deal to close in the first half of 2010.

Shearman & Sterling's Project Development & Finance Group boasts a leading reputation in both New York and English law, with an integrated practice operating across the Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo offices, as well as industry-focused teams concentrating on the power, oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, clean energy and clean technology sectors.

ABOUT SHEARMAN & STERLING

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a global law firm with approximately 900 lawyers in 20 offices in 12 countries around the world. The firm is a leader in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial regulatory, project development and finance, complex business litigation and international arbitration, asset management and tax.

SOURCE Shearman & Sterling LLP

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