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Rankings published in 2026
Private equity - Foreign
Tier 2
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman - China
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Shearman & Sterling is a New York-based international law firm with 850 lawyers across 23 offices. The firm’s Hong Kong office leverages off its global and Asia network to carry out transactions in Greater China, southeast Asia, Japan, India, Mongolia and South Korea.  

The firm has a dedicated bilingual team of lawyers in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai qualified to advise on Hong Kong, US and UK law. 

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm has a strong practice in foreign project finance, where the firm has achieved top-tier status in China for this area, it is also very active in foreign M&A, private equity, project development and capital markets. 

 

Key clients 

Key clients include PetroChina, China National Petroleum Corporation Exploration & Development Company, Clear Media, Investcorp, PTT Oil and Retail, Bank of America Securities, HSBC and Credit Suisse.  

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
eHi Car Services Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Radiance Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
China International Capital Corp, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CITIC Group Corp, Credit Suisse, Orient Securities, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Huatai Securities Co Ltd, Morgan Stanley, TF International Securities Group Ltd, Deutsche Bank, Vision Capital International Holdings Ltd, Nomura, HSBC, FUTEC Financial Group, Guotai Junan Capital, YONXI Securities Ltd
Underwriter
DaFa Properties Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Guotai Junan Capital, BNP Paribas
Underwriter
Guangzhou Fineland Real Estate Development Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Orient Securities, CITIC Group Corp, Guotai Junan Capital, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Morgan Fuel Go Securities Ltd
Underwriter
Seazen Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Seazen Holdings Co Ltd
Issuer
Shinsun Holdings Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Seazen Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Seazen Holdings Co Ltd
Issuer
Sunkwan Properties Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
CMB International Capital Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd
Underwriter
eHi Car Services Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
eHi Car Services Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
HSBC, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, UBS
Underwriter
Investcorp SA - M&A
2021-06-23
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
M&A
Investcorp SA
Buyer
DaFa Properties Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Guotai Junan Capital, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, HSBC
Underwriter
Guangdong - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
Bond issue
Guotai Junan Capital, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Potomac Electric Power Co - PEPCO, Zhongtai International Securities Ltd
Underwriter
ExcelFin Acquisition Corp. - M&A
2023-06-26
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
M&A
Alain Dermarkar, Crystal Gao, Dillon Tan, Emily Greenwood, Emily Kelly, Emily Leitch, John Kurtz, John Menke, Judy Little, Laurence Crouch, Leo Wong, Michael Buiteweg, Michael Walraven, Rami Marginean, Samantha Favela, Timothy Doyle, William Nelson
ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.
Buyer
VNET Group Inc. - M&A
2023-11-20
A&O Shearman - China
China (National)
M&A
Leo Wong, Li Chen, Ryan Robski, Weina Guan, Yang Wang
VNET Group Inc.
Target
IFLR1000
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