A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-up Alex Ryan[email protected]6 September 2024Legal mergersAfricaOffice closurePartnership A&O Shearman is set to cut 10% of its partnership, close its South Africa office and end its consulting business, in the firm’s first major reorganisation since it completed its merger this May.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsA&O Shearman’s first post-merger accounts reveal scale of pension deficit and partner capital injections‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cutsRevealed: A&O Shearman partner exits pass 100 mark since merger announcementKramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger dealBDB Pitmans rebrands as Broadfield as discussions over US tie-up continue‘It was never a marriage made in heaven’- what Norton Rose Fulbright’s exit means for South AfricaNorton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to pull out of South AfricaAshurst opens in Casablanca: how firms are betting on an investment boom in Morocco