A&amp;O Shearman

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A&O duo at risk of SRA investigation after criticism of Dahdaleh conduct

Two senior litigators from Allen & Overy (A&O) face the possibility of an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following…

Outpaced – US firms’ 2013 City revenue increases overshadow global results

Aside from a notable shift towards growth, one of the most salient trends to emerge from 2013’s US financial results…

A&O bolsters corporate practice as PE star follows Lloyd from Ashurst

He was singled out as one of Ashurst’s rainmakers of the future but private equity specialist Karan Dinamani has become…

RBS share sell-off in Direct Line gifts Allen & Overy with £1bn deal

Just under a year earlier than expected by some in the City, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) this week (26…

Making a splash – partners from Shearman, Covington and Jones Day join breakaway Freshfields arbitration boutique

As brand new start-ups go, the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer-breakaway arbitration boutique set up by heavyweight arbitrators Constantine Partasides, Paris-based Georgias Petrochilos…

Turning the corner, honest: can Shearman turn a proactive run into a sustained revival?