Law firms Q&A: A&O capital markets co-heads talk innovative solutions and sharing leadership Jaishree Kalia · 5 December 2014 · 3 min read Financial services Innovation Leadership Q&A A&O Shearman Six months on from being elected co-heads of Allen & Overy’s (A&O) capital markets global team, David Benton and Simon Hill (pictured) talk about market confidence, current focuses and how Peerpoint is a big part of their future with Legal Business.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 categoryTrading Places: Paul Weiss hires ‘superstar’ US restructuring lawyer as Latham takes A&O Texas headLaw firmsKate Peacock26 Jun 2026Weil takes A&O Shearman fund finance leader in latest City pushLaw firmsKate Peacock26 Jun 2026‘There’s no other global firm that has this footprint’ – A&O Shearman makes the case for EuropeLaw firmsKate Peacock26 Jun 2026Sidley hires five-partner US finance team from Clifford ChanceLaw firmsWill Lewallen9 Jul 2026MUFG’s James Morgan on why lawyers need to move from ‘fear’ of AI to ‘understanding’In-HouseTheresa Hargreaves7 Jul 2026‘Difficult, complicated and painful’ – Brexit, a decade onLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Jun 2026‘We don’t think about where we came from’ – Clifford Chance’s plan to crack the transatlantic buyout marketLaw firmsEliza Winter9 Jul 2026‘We are not going to be left behind’ – Willkie’s leaders set their sights on London, private capital and the top tierLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Jul 2026Kennedys managing partner on the law firm of the future: specialised, financially focused, global and AI-transformedLaw firmsNews Editor19 Jun 2026