Shearman & Sterling advised Alstom S.A. on the tax aspects of its $16.9 billion acquisition by the General Electric Corporation. The transaction was announced on June 21 and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015.

The Shearman & Sterling team included tax partners Douglas McFadyen (New York) and Niels Dejean (Paris) and tax counsel Anne-Sophie Maes (Paris).