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Aaron, Jaculin
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Aldrich Jr., Richard S.
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São Paulo T: +55 11 3702 2201
Arms, Abigail
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Washington, DC T: +1 202 508 8025
Atkins, Clifford
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London T: +44 20 7655 5957
Aziz, Azam H.
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New York T: +1 212 848 8154
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Ackerman, Wendy E.
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Washington, DC T: +1 202 508 8173
Ashley, Marc D.
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New York T: +1 212 848 7530
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Absy, Ana Luisa
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São Paulo T: +55 11 3702 2045
Abye, Mikael
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San Francisco T: +1 415 616 1197
Acorn, Elizabeth
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New York T: +1 212 848 8044
Adadevoh, Reni
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New York T: +1 212 848 4287
Adam, John
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Paris T: +33 1 53 89 89 24
Adams, John
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London T: +44 20 7655 5740
Adepetu, Olusola
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New York T: 212 848 8579
Agor, Andrew C.
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New York T: +1 212 848 5328
Aldous, Alexandros
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New York T: +1 212 848 7044
Ali, Azad
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London T: +44 20 7655 5659
Allan, Virginia
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Paris T: +33 1 53 89 70 35
Allen, Hilary
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New York T: +1 212 848 8404
Almen, Lisa
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London T: +44 20 7655 5738
Altman, Jordan J.
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New York T: + 1 212 848 7125
Alvarez-Calderon, Aurora
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New York T: +1 212 848 8048
Amiel, Marlène
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Paris T: +33 1 53 89 71 03
Andison, Timothy
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New York T: +1 212 848 4973
Toronto T: +1 416 360 2971
Appelbaum, Christian
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Düsseldorf T: +49 211 17888 0
Armstrong, Fleur
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Paris T: +33 1 53 89 7108
Aruch, Alyse
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New York T: +1 212 848 4487
Ashley, Stephen C.
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New York T: +1 212 848 4162
Athas, James L.
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New York T: +1 212 848 4040
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Michael S. Bosco
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Education Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1992The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1988

PracticeMichael Bosco is the co-managing partner of the firm’s Rome office, which he founded in 2002. Mr. Bosco’s practice focuses primarily on capital markets and M&A transactions involving Italian corporations. His key engagements have included initial public offerings, privatizations, high yield, equity-linked and leveraged lease financings, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and the formation and representation of private equity and real estate investment funds.

He has advised on many of the largest, most complex and most innovative transactions to have been completed in the Italian capital markets in recent years, including various market firsts.Mr. Bosco is included in the International Financial Law Review’s Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and is ranked as one of the leading individual lawyers in Italy by Chambers Guide to the Global Legal Profession

Mr. Bosco joined the firm in 1992 and was initially based in the New York office, where he concentrated mainly on Latin American transactions before his move to Italy. He became a partner in 2001. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy and is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish.

Recent Experience
Dada S.p.A. in its joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment to form Dada Entertainment LLC, a leading U.S.-based provider of direct-to-consumer digital and mobile entertainment services .
Prysmian S.p.A., as issuer, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, as selling shareholder, in connection with the IPO and Milan listing of Prysmian S.p.A., a leading global producer of energy and telecommunications cables .

Poltrona Frau S.p.A., as issuer, and Charme Investments S.A., as selling shareholder, in connection with the IPO and Milan listing of Poltrona Frau S.p.A., a leading producer of luxury home furnishings .

Terna Participações S.A., as issuer, and Terna S.p.A., as selling shareholder, in connection with the São Paulo listing of Terna Participações S.A., the largest privately owned Brazilian electricity transmission company .

The UniCredito Italiano Group in numerous cross-border transactions including its establishment of a $10 billion U.S. Medium Term Note Program (the first DTC-settled MTN program by an Italian group) and an $8 billion U.S. Extendible Notes Program (the first such program established by an Italian bank) as well as its issuance of €1.3 billion in notes exchangeable into shares of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (the largest-ever offering of exchangeable notes involving the underlying shares of an Italian company).

Various investment banks in various tranches of the ongoing privatization of Enel S.p.A., the Italian national electricity company.

ATAC S.p.A., the metropolitan transit authority of the municipality of Rome, in a U.S. cross-border lease of rolling stock assets, the first such transaction by an Italian company (named “Deal of the Year” by Asset Finance International).

The Fiat Group in its $2.2 billion offering of notes exchangeable into shares of General Motors Corporation, Fiat’s first ever securities offering into the U.S. market .

Eni S.p.A., the Italian national oil and gas company, and the Italian Treasury Ministry as selling shareholder in connection with Eni’s privatization and listing on the New York Stock Exchange .

The issuers and city governments as selling shareholders in the privatizations of Acea S.p.A., the Rome municipal electric and water utility, and Amga S.p.A., the Genoa municipal water and gas utility

Grapes Communications N.V., a telecommunications company, in its successful reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and various financings and M&A transactions
Numerous arrangers and issuers in connection with more than 50 securities offerings by Italian companies including, on the arranger side, Banca Caboto, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Investment Banking, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Macquarie, Mediobanca, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale and UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking and, on the issuer side, Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.c.a.r.l., Fiera di Milano S.p.A., IT Holding S.p.A., Marcolin S.p.A., Mediolanum S.p.A., Pramac S.p.A., Sorin S.p.A. and Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Aedes S.p.A., AIG European Real Estate Partners, American Movie Classics LLC, Ansaldo Signal N.V., BG plc, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A., Enel S.p.A., Gtech Corporation, Hyperion Solutions Corporation, Nicotra Industriale S.p.A. and Pirelli & C. Real Estate S.p.A., among others, in connection with various joint venture and M&A transactions and other matters .

Citibank, N.A. in connection with its formation of a Grupo Financiero in Mexico pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement and numerous Latin American financial institutions in connection with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities ,

Involvement in more than 100 capital markets and M&A transactions for clients in Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States and Venezuela.

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

Thinking Globally, Acting LocallyShearman & Sterling believes that engaging in pro bono work is an essential part of every lawyer's practice.

While serving the needs of indigent individuals and nonprofit organizations with limited access to legal services, the pro bono experience connects our lawyers to the communities in which we work.We are dedicated to offering pro bono opportunities to all our lawyers in every office.

Our multi-jurisdictional practice uniquely qualifies us to address pro bono matters around the world, whether at a San Francisco legal clinic or in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) — the only US law firm engaged as pro bono counsel in this important international legal justice initiative.Our full-time Pro Bono Attorney and her staff work exclusively on directing our pro bono efforts and assists in effectively matching the interests of our lawyers with the needs of individual clients and nonprofit organizations.

In 2004, Shearman & Sterling lawyers devoted 55,000 hours to pro bono cases, ranging from September 11 relief efforts to micro-finance and development work for low-income entrepreneurs around the globe.

The firm's pro bono program is also about choice. Our lawyers are encouraged to select their own qualifying pro bono matters, subject to standard conflicts of interest policies. There are no ideological limitations or geographic boundaries. Lawyers in the London office can represent artists in New York City while lawyers in the Washington, DC office can do work with nonprofits in China. No matter is too large or too small.

Attorneys in the Bay Area spend a few hours at a clinic assisting the elderly with end-of-life documents while others represent death row inmates.Combining outstanding lawyering skills with good intentions to produce practical results is the cornerstone of Shearman & Sterling's pro bono practice. The firm's long-standing engagements in assisting communities around the world stems from our belief that there are many levels to our professional mandate. We are also deeply committed to doing all we can to support our lawyers in their pro bono contributions.

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About Us

Shearman & Sterling has been advising many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and governmental organizations for more than 130 years. We are committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to our clients. This has resulted in groundbreaking transactions in all major regions of the world, including:

Asia: In Beijing, we advised on the first successful transaction done under the new Chinese M&A rules.

The Middle East: We participated in the first power project in the Middle East that included financing from Islamic banks and also in the largest oil and gas Islamic financing.

Europe: We participated in the first US listing of a German company- Daimler Benz AG-on the New York Stock Exchange.

Latin America: We represented the first Brazilian company to register an IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

North America: We represented Ispat International N.V. in two major M&A transactions that resulted in the creation of the world's largest steel company.Together, our lawyers work across practices and jurisdictions to provide the highest quality legal services, bringing their collective experience to bear on the issues that clients face. For example, our Hong Kong, Menlo Park and New York offices recently advised The Link Management Co. Ltd. in its HK$19.8 billion (approximately US$2.5 billion) initial public offering. The Link REIT is the world's largest property trust to date and the first REIT for Hong Kong. Underpinning the quality of our work firmwide are our shared values.We take pride in the successes of our clients and in our contributions to them.