Eight Deal of the Year Awards Underscore Shearman & Sterling's Leadership Throughout Latin America

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Across Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, Shearman & Sterling's multidisciplinary Latin America Group advised on Latin America's most important deals of 2010. The firm's work on these deals has been recognized with recent awards from Latin Lawyer, LatinFinance and Project Finance International.

"We are delighted to have been part of the region's most notable transactions," said partner Antonia Stolper, head of the Latin America Group.  "These deals have helped shape not only the Latin America market but also the global economy."

Award-winning deals on which Shearman & Sterling advised multinational corporations, sovereigns, and financial institutions, both within and outside of Latin America, include:

Best Corporate Finance 2010 | Petrobras Record Breaking Offering | Latin Lawyer

Best Follow-on Equity Issue 2010 | Petrobras Record Breaking Offering | LatinFinance

Best Project Finance 2010 | Pueblo Viejo Gold/Copper Mine | Latin Lawyer

Best Project Finance 2010 | AEI Jaguar Energy | LatinFinance

Best Quasi-Sovereign Bond 2010 | BNDES Euro Offering | LatinFinance

Best Sovereign Bond 2010 | Chile | LatinFinance

Best Sovereign Issuer 2010 | Chile | LatinFinance

Mining Deal of the Year (Americas) 2010 | Pueblo Viejo | Project Finance International

Shearman & Sterling's Latin America Group is comprised of 17 partners from Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Development & Finance, Bank Finance, Asset Management, Tax, Property, and International Arbitration, operating from offices in New York, Sao Paulo, Abu Dhabi, Paris, and Toronto. Four of the group's partners were recognized by Latin Business Chronicle as "legal stars" in 2010, and the team's office in Sao Paulo helped earn recognition as the "most preferred international law firm" for work in the Brazilian legal market.

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, project development and finance, complex business litigation and international arbitration, asset management and tax.

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