Shearman & Sterling advised DNB Bank ASA, as administrative agent, CaixaBank S.A., DNB Bank ASA, KFW IPEX-Bank GmbH, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as mandated lead arrangers, lenders and issuing banks, and Inter-American Investment Corporation, in its own capacity and in separate capacity as agent for Inter-American Development Bank, as mandated lead arrangers and lenders, in connection with an approximately the $542 million senior secured financing of a portfolio of three wind and two solar PV projects (the “Huemul Portfolio”) with a total installed capacity of 641.1 MW in the Republic of Chile.

Shearman & Sterling advised Mubadala Capital, the financial investment arm of Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign investor owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, in connection with the establishment of an evergreen origination platform with Barings, one of the world’s leading financial services firms.

Mergers and acquisitions-focused publication The Deal  honored Shearman & Sterling with several of its prominent Deal of the Year awards.

Shearman & Sterling represented NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC, in connection with NatWest Group plc’s (formerly The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc) any and all cash tender offers of four series of its outstanding U.S. dollar denominated notes.

Partner Lyle Roberts (Washington, D.C.-Litigation) and associates Daniel Sachs (New York-Litigation) and Edmund Saw (Washington, D.C.-Litigation) assisted the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) pro bono in preparing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and vacate a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a securities class action that could have far-reaching implications.

Shearman & Sterling advised Unifiedpost Group SA/NV (Unifiedpost) in connection with its initial public offering and Euronext Brussels listing.

Shearman & Sterling advised insurtech startup Next Insurance in connection with its $250 million Series D financing led by CapitalG, Alphabet's independent growth fund, with participation from FinTLV, a global leading insurtech VC, and existing investor Munich RE Group.  The Series D financing values the company at more than $2 billion.

Shearman & Sterling represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as joint book-running managers, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and nabSecurities, LLC, as co-managers, in connection with the offering by Methanex Corporation of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior notes due 2027.

Shearman & Sterling represented Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on its completed placement to institutional investors of 10% of the total share capital of ADNOC Distribution, valued at $1 billion.

Following a 10-month selection process, the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) has retained a team led by Shearman & Sterling to develop and shape the Private International Law (PIL) regime in the OHADA region. Seven large international firms active in Africa participated in the tender.