A&O Shearman Archives

Shearman & Sterling secures historic $50bn arbitration award in epic Yukos dispute

Russia has been ordered to pay $50.08bn to the majority shareholders in Yukos Oil Company, once Russia’s largest oil producer,…

Slaughters and Links lead on £3bn Carillion/Balfour talks; HSF and A&O advise on BSkyB’s £7.4bn European acquisitions

Tom Moore

Construction group Carillion has instructed Slaughter and May’s corporate heavy hitter William Underhill and fellow corporate partner Kathy Hughes to…

A&O, Addleshaw and Hogan Lovells line up on Co-op’s £620m pharmacy spin-off to Bestway

Tom Moore

As the Co-operative Group moves to reduce its £1.2bn capital deficit and focus on core business lines it has turned…

Robert Tchenguiz switches from Shearman to Stephenson Harwood in £300m SFO claim

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Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has replaced Shearman & Sterling with Stephenson Harwood as his adviser on a high profile lawsuit against the…

A&O and Davis Polk London line up on €7bn IPO of NN Group

Jaishree Kalia

Billed to be the largest initial public offering (IPO) in Europe to date this year, Allen & Overy (A&O) and the…

Financial results 2013/14: A&O’s PEP up by 7% to £1.12m as turnover rises 2% to £1.23bn

Jaishree Kalia

The second of the Magic Circle firms to disclose its 2013/14 financial results, Allen & Overy (A&O) has reported an increase…

Shearman London and Linklaters Paris lead on circa $2bn Euronext float

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Shearman & Sterling’s London office has taken the lead advising New York-listed global exchange and clearing house operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) on its initial…

‘Hundreds of thousands of pounds are earmarked’: Linklaters’ senior partner Robert Elliott talks new diversity targets

Tom Moore

As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity…

Slaughters, A&O and Linklaters announce associate pay increases

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Trainees, NQs and PQEs to receive salary boost. Setting the bar for trainee, newly-qualified (NQ) and associate pay last month…

In need of sponsors – can a bank-dominated A&O get the hang of this private equity thing?

Jaishree Kalia

Jaishree Kalia assesses A&O’s latest attempt to break into the buyout game. There was never any obvious reason for Allen…

Back in the machine: A&O strengthens high yield practice with Cahill Gordon hire

Jaishree Kalia

With competition between US and UK firms for dominance in key European finance markets intensifying each month, Allen & Overy…

A&O, Hogan Lovells and Skadden line up on $1.46bn acquisition of Aeroflex by UK rival Cobham

David Stevenson

Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are among firms to be awarded mandates…

Deal Watch: Freshfields advises Blackstone on €1.8bn NAMA loan; CC and A&O close €2.8bn offshore wind financing

Jaishree Kalia

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led on the latest major European mandate for Blackstone, advising the New York Stock Exchange-listed private equity…

A&O looks at 20% female partner goal as part of wider strategy to improve ratio

Jaishree Kalia

Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) senior partner David Morley and global HR director Genevieve Tennant are meeting on Monday (19 May) to…

Associate pay: Shearman raises English-qualified lawyers’ salaries by up to 6.4% across the board

David Stevenson

Shearman & Sterling has announced a salary boost for its English-qualified lawyers, increasing pay levels across the firm’s three-tier merit based…

Updated: A&O freezes NQ and trainee pay as it ups associate salaries; Linklaters announces increases across board

Jaishree Kalia

Allen & Overy (A&O) revealed today (8 May) that it will hold trainee and newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers’ pay at 2013 levels,…

Allen & Overy latest to launch in Myanmar despite ongoing risk factors

Jaishree Kalia

Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first Magic Circle firm and the latest of the UK’s top 20 to launch…

Channel 5’s £450m sale to Viacom sees Rosenblatt, Shearman, Olswang and Lewis Silkin acting

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Channel 5’s £450m sale to Viacom has thrown up roles for Rosenblatt Solicitors; a London-based Shearman & Sterling team; Olswang and Lewis Silkin as…

Transatlantic Weil and Milbank teams advise on circa €2bn Flint acquisition; A&O launches Primark in the US

Jaishree Kalia

Weil, Gotshal & Manges London, German and New York banking teams have advised the lenders on Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries’…

Dwindling partner promotions at A&O and Freshfields fail to maintain current partnership levels

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The UK’s elite law firms often point to their rigorous partnership promotion process as a natural selector of the best…