Senior Partner: Adamm Hakki
Global Managing Partners: George Casey, Doreen E. Lilienfeld, Frederic Sosnick
Firm Overview:
Shearman & Sterling has an unparalleled track record in Latin America by combining a global footprint, 100 years of playing an active role in the region’s economic development, and on-the-ground capability. Financial institutions, foreign and domestic companies and governments trust us with groundbreaking transactions, litigation, regulatory matters and investigations in the region spanning a wide range of industries, including banking, retail, telecommunications and media, energy, natural resources and infrastructure transactions.
Our lawyers have significant ties to Latin America — many having lived or studied there, most of them fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and all of them with wide experience across the region.
With a deep understanding of the legal, political and economic drivers in this important area of the world, we leverage our global platform to provide our clients with creative solutions to unique problems and address the full spectrum of their needs.
Main Areas Of Practice:
- Antitrust
- Capital Markets
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Compensation, Governance & ERISA
- Derivatives & Structured Products
- Emerging Growth
- Family Office
- Finance
- Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory
- Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
- Intellectual Property Transactions
- International Arbitration
- Investment Funds
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Privacy & Data Protection
- Private Client
- Private Equity
- Project Development & Finance
- Public International Law
- Real Estate
- Special Situations & Capital Solutions
- Tax
- White Collar Defense & Investigations
