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Robert O'Leary
Work Department
Project Development & Finance
Position
Counsel
Career
Robert O’Leary is counsel in the Project Development & Finance practice.
His practice involves domestic and international project finance and project development. He focuses on the financing of projects in Latin America, representing commercial banks, multilateral and development finance institutions, investors and sponsors in a variety of renewable energy, natural gas, natural resources and transmission transactions.
Languages
English; Spanish
Memberships
New York
Illinois (inactive)
Education
J.D.
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- Managing Editor, Journal of International Law and Politics
M.S. in Bilingual Education (With Honors)
B.A. in International Affairs, summa cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Projects and energy
Shearman & Sterling LLP has a long history in Latin America energy and infrastructure projects. It continues to be especially active in Chile, where it has worked on a series of major projects (including desalination plants, electric generation, power and renewables projects); more generally, it works extensively throughout the Latin America region – including Central America, Dominican Republic and Argentina. Its wider practice ranges from power and renewables to mining and natural resources, oil and gas, and transport infrastructure projects. The Latin America team has an impressive mix of sponsor/borrower, investor and lender clients, including commercial banks, DFIs and MLAs. Cynthia Urda Kassis is the global leader of the firm’s project development and finance practice, with much of her focus on the Americas in their entirety; she is a recognised authority in the mining and metals sector, along with energy and infrastructure. Dual-qualified (Peru/New York) Augusto Ruiloba was elected to the partnership in June 2022 and has worked on headline deals in Chile, Panama and across the region. Robert O’Leary was promoted to counsel the same month; a fluent Spanish speaker, he is heavily focused on Latin America. Alexandro Padrés and Gregory Tan left the firm in mid 2022. Since the conclusion of research, the firm has announced its merger with Allen & Overy LLP to form A&O Shearman; the realisation of this combination remains in process and it is not yet possible to gauge its full impact.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation