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Key practice areas
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Private equity
Restructuring
M&A
Project development
Projects
Banking and finance
Firm overview

A&O Shearman is a financial and corporate powerhouse that has strong rankings across almost all our practice areas. Traditionally lender focused, A&O Shearman remains a go-to firm for banks in all manner of transactions. A member of the UK ‘magic circle’ the firm has 44 offices in 31 countries.

Address:
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2
60306
Frankfurt am Main
Tel:+49 69 26485000 Web Address:https://www.aoshearman.com/en
Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 2
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
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Hengeler Mueller
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Luther
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
3 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
5 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 3
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 5

Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 3
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 3
9 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 3
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 3
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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Annerton
1 practice area
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gunnercooke
1 practice area
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
56 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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K&L Gates
2 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
1 practice area
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Morrison & Foerster
2 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 6

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Berner Fleck Wettich
2 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
1 practice area
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Kallan
2 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Oppenhoff & Partner
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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ADVANT Beiten
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Arqis
3 practice areas
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Dechert
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
2 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
1 practice area
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 3
36 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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LUPP + PARTNER
1 practice area
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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EY Law
4 practice areas
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 3
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 3
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
Tier 2
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 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
EQT Corp - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Nordea Bank Finland Oyj
Underwriter
Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Commerzbank, HSBC, Citigroup, NORD/LB, Morgan Stanley, UniCredit, DekaBank, DZ Bank
Underwriter
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
NORD/LB - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
NORD/LB
Issuer
UniCredit - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
UniCredit
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole, Société Générale
Underwriter
Bruin Sports Capital LLC - M&A
2021-03-22
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Geoffrey Simpson
Bruin Sports Capital LLC
Buyer
Akasol AG - M&A
2021-02-15
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Hartmut Krause, Maria Boerner, Michael Weiss, Tatiana Marzoli
Akasol AG
Seller
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners - M&A
2021-03-10
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners
Buyer
Advent International Corp. - M&A
2021-07-12
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Alexander Wupper, Gordon Milne, Helge Schafer, Michiel Huizinga, Monika Przygoda
Advent International Corp.
Seller
Bridgepoint Advisers Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-10-19
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Bridgepoint Advisers Group Ltd.
Buyer
Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP - M&A
2021-06-14
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP
Buyer
PBD Germany Auto Loan 2021 UG - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
A&O Shearman
Germany
Bond issue
UniCredit
Underwriter
Bayer AG - M&A
2022-07-14
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Bayer AG
Seller
W.A.G payment solutions plc - M&A
2022-10-03
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Jana Chwaszcz, Michael Weiss, Prokop Verner, Veronika Gaile
W.A.G payment solutions plc
Buyer
Providence Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2023-07-10
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Providence Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
Nimbus BV - M&A
2023-10-31
A&O Shearman
Germany
M&A
Nimbus BV
Seller
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
Sponsored

Sponsored

  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
    RTPR assisted Autonom Services S.A. in relation to a new bond issue, with an aggregate nominal value of EUR 30 million and a maturity of 5 years, with a fixed annual interest rate of 6.14%. Autonom Services is the most important independent player on the operational leasing and rent-a-car markets in Romania. The bonds issued have been admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange and are correlated with the company’s sustainability objectives.
  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
    RTPR has assisted the Swedish investment company Oresa and the entrepreneur Cristian Amza in relation to the sale of the entire stake in the La Fantana group, which has subsidiaries in Romania and Serbia, to the strategic investor Axel Johnson. La Fantana is a market leader in watercooler and bottled water supply solutions, for companies, public spaces, but also for the residential segment, with national coverage in Romania and Serbia. The RTPR team was coordinated by partners Costin Taracila and Alina Stavaru, who were closely assisted throughout the process by Cezara Urzica (Senior Associate) and Andrei Nicolae (Junior Associate). The team also included Ianita Tui (Counsel), Ana Popa, Marina Fecheta-Giurgica (Senior Associates), Andrei Tosa (Managing Associate), Maria Luca, Irina Marinescu and Luka Perovic (Junior Associates). Cosmin Tilea (Partner), Andreea Stoiciu, Livia Tuca (Associates) and Ambra Lazar (Junior Associate) have advised on the financing aspects of the deal. The English law advisors involved in this deal were A&O Shearman lawyers Stephen Lloyd (Partner), Jeremy Wilkins and Adarsh Chhabria (Senior Associates), as well as Kate Eades (Partner) and Eoin Broderick (Senior Manager) from KPMG Law in London.
  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA (RTPR)
    RTPR has assisted Evryo Group, owned by funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, in relation to the sale of its renewable energy portfolio to PPC Group. The transaction includes the Evryo Wind Farm, Romania’s largest operational onshore wind farm, with a total installed capacity of 600 MW, and the group’s hydropower system comprising 4 hydroelectric plants and associated hydro facilities, with a total installed capacity of approximately 22 MW.