A&O Shearman is a premier global law firm formed in 2024 through the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, renowned as a leading London firm with deep expertise across finance, complex cross-border M&A, capital markets, and litigation. The firm stands out for its extensive international network, serving blue-chip domestic and international corporates, financial institutions, investment funds, government bodies, and private individuals.
With more than 200 partners in London and a team in Belfast supporting global operations, the firm leverages decades of experience working with leading players in energy, life sciences, technology, financial services, and private capital. Its approach integrates legal innovation, including an Advanced Delivery & Solutions team that uses legal technology for efficiency in document review, contract negotiation, and project management, ensuring clients receive sophisticated and responsive service worldwide.
Services Offered
- Advisory and regulatory
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Disputes
- Finance
- Legal innovation
- Administrative and public law
- Antitrust
- Artificial intelligence
- Business and human rights
- Cybersecurity
- Data privacy and data protection
- Environmental law
- Family office
- Financial services advisory and regulatory
- Foreign direct investment and CFIUS
- Funds and asset management
- Global employment and compensation
- Private client
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
- Restructuring, insolvency and capital solutions
- Sanctions and international trade
- Tax
- White-collar defense and global investigations
- Asset finance
- Corporate trust and agency
- Debt capital markets
- Derivatives
- Emerging growth
- Emerging markets finance
- Equity capital markets
- Fund liquidity solutions
- Insurance
- Islamic finance
- Markets Innovation Group
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Sovereign debt
- Structured finance, securitizations and CLOs
- Sustainable finance
- Complex commercial transactions
- Digital assets
- Intellectual property
- M&A, JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Project development and finance
- Technology transactions
- Asset tracing and recovery litigation
- Construction disputes
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- Financial services litigation
- International arbitration
- M&A litigation
- Political law
- Securities litigation and enforcement
- Global loans and structured debt solutions
- Leveraged finance and high yield
- Trade commodity and export credit finance
- Delivery expertise
- Flexible specialist resourcing
- Fuse
The firm operates globally with offices across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, providing comprehensive legal support to clients in diverse industries including chemicals, communications, energy, life sciences, technology, and infrastructure.
