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Rankings published in 2026
Banking - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 2
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 2
45 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

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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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 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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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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CMS
4 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Garrigues
6 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Private equity - Foreign
Tier 3
26 firms ranked
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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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Project development - Foreign
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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King & Wood
14 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Project finance - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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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
Nanning Communications Investment Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, Bank of China, Central Wealth Securities Investment Ltd, Bank of Communications, Industrial Bank of Korea, Central China International Capital Ltd, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital
Underwriter
Sihai International Investment Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
China International Capital Corp, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, CMB International Capital Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
CTBC Bank Co Ltd, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, Crédit Agricole, DBS Bank, BNP Paribas, China Minsheng Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC
Underwriter
Taishan City Investment Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Guotai Junan Capital, Central China International Capital Ltd
Underwriter
Haixi Overseas Investment Co. Ltd. - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, Fosun Hani Securities Ltd, Goldbridge Securities Ltd, Guoyuan Securities Co Ltd, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
Jinan Hi-tech Holding Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Jinan Hi-tech Holding Group Co Ltd
Issuer
Wuhan Financial Holdings (Group) Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Wuhan Financial Holdings (Group) Co Ltd
Issuer
China Construction Bank - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Central China International Capital Ltd, China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, China Securities Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE, HSBC, ICBC, Industrial Bank of Korea, KGI Bank, Mizuho Bank, Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, BNP Paribas, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, China Minsheng Banking, CITIC Group Corp, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, DBS Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mizuho Bank, UBS
Underwriter
Hubei United Development Investment Group Co - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
A&O Shearman
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Minsheng Banking, China PA Securities (Hong Kong) Co Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, CMB International Capital Ltd, Council of Europe Development Bank - CEB, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Luso International Banking Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Innotek Capital Co Ltd, Shenwan Hongyuan Financing Services Co Ltd
Underwriter
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Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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