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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
CICC Hong Kong Finance 2016 MTN Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Hong Kong SAR
Bond issue
Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank, China Construction Bank, ICBC, Central China International Capital Ltd, Bank of Communications, Citigroup
Underwriter
Huarong Leasing Management Hong Kong Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Hong Kong SAR
Bond issue
Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Banco Santander
Underwriter
African Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Côte d’Ivoire
Bond issue
Nordea Bank Finland Oyj, Danske Bank Corporate Finance
Underwriter
Banco Comercial Portugues SA - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Portugal
Bond issue
Barclays, Banco Comercial Portugues SA - Millennium BCP, Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE, UniCredit, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Lansforsakringar Bank AB - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
Groupe BPCE, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, UniCredit, Banco Santander, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Svenska Handelsbanken - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Hong Kong Mortgage Corp Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Hong Kong SAR
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, HSBC
Underwriter
HPHT Finance (19) Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Cayman Islands
Bond issue
Bank of China, HSBC, Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
Nykredit Realkredit A/S - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Denmark
Bond issue
Nykredit
Underwriter
Berg Finance 2021 dac - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Bank of Ireland - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
Nomura, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, UBS
Underwriter
Bank of Ireland - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Ireland
Bond issue
UBS
Underwriter
African Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Côte d’Ivoire
Bond issue
Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, Barclays, Société Générale, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
nogaholding - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Bahrain
Bond issue
HSBC, Gulf International Bank BSC
Underwriter
Oriflame Investment Holding Plc - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, ING Bank, HSBC
Underwriter
Banco Comercial Portugues SA - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Portugal
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Banco Comercial Portugues SA - Millennium BCP, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank
Underwriter
nogaholding - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Bahrain
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Volvo Group - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Sweden
Bond issue
UniCredit, HSBC, Crédit Agricole
Underwriter
DNB Bank ASA - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Norway
Bond issue
Société Générale, DNB Bank ASA, BNP Paribas, ING Bank, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
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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