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Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Bank lending : Borrower side
Bank lending : Lender side
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Financial restructuring
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Financial services regulatory : Contentious
Financial services regulatory : Non-contentious
Investment funds
Hedge funds
Real estate funds
Private equity funds
Corporate and M&A
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring
Restructuring : Corporate
M&A
M&A - Foreign
Capital markets : Debt - Foreign
Financial and corporate - Foreign
M&A - Foreign
Banking and finance - Foreign
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation - Foreign
Project finance - Foreign
Private equity - Foreign
Investment funds - Foreign
Banking - Foreign
Capital markets : Equity - Foreign
Restructuring and insolvency - Foreign
Capital markets - Foreign
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. 

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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
Akita Bank Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Finland
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole, DZ Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Groupe BPCE, JP Morgan Chase, Nordea, BNP Paribas, UniCredit, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Nykredit
Underwriter
Hong Kong Mortgage Corp Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Hong Kong SAR
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole
Underwriter
Spire SA - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Clean Renewable Power (Mauritius) Pte Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Mauritius
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, Barclays, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A. - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Poland
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Bank Pekao, CaixaBank, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, ING Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
Kommuninvest i Sverige AB - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Nordea, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
Underwriter
Adecco Group AG - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Switzerland
Bond issue
Société Générale, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, UBS
Underwriter
More Boligkreditt AS - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Norway
Bond issue
Swedbank, Banco Santander, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Underwriter
Akita Bank Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Finland
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, BNP Paribas, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, JP Morgan Chase, Groupe BPCE, Crédit Agricole, Nordea, Nykredit
Underwriter
African Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Côte d’Ivoire
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, ICBC, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Daiwa Capital Markets, Mitsubishi Corp, Société Générale, Nomura, Barclays, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Mizuho Bank, Shinkin Central Bank
Underwriter
Akita Bank Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Finland
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Crédit Agricole, Nykredit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, Groupe BPCE, Nordea, JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, Danske Bank Corporate Finance
Underwriter
African Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Côte d’Ivoire
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Underwriter
Elva Funding plc - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Credit Suisse - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Switzerland
Bond issue
Baader Bank AG
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Hong Kong SAR
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Central China International Capital Ltd, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Daiwa Capital Markets, BOSC International Co Ltd, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, GF Securities Co Ltd, DBS Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Citigroup, CITIC Group Corp, Bank of East Asia, Huajing Securities Co, Groupe BPCE, Mitsubishi Corp, China Securities Co Ltd, Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd, Crédit Agricole, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, CISI Financial, Mizuho Bank, JP Morgan Chase, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Société Générale, Shenwan Hongyuan Group
Underwriter
Spire SA - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
CIBC, Crédit Agricole, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, BNP Paribas, Groupe BPCE, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Société Générale, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Underwriter
Elva Funding PLC - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
EQUATE Petrochemical Co - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Citigroup, NBK Capital Private Equity, JP Morgan Chase, Mitsubishi Corp
Underwriter
Summerhill Residential 2021-1 dac - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Barclays
Underwriter
Heimstaden AB - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
Swedbank, Arctic Securities AS, Morgan Stanley
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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