News About Allen & Overy
A&O Shearman, Weil, NRF advise on Ageas’ purchase of Bain-backed insurer esure
Deal valued at just under £1.3bn will create top three UK personal line insurance platform
Law firms must ‘rethink roles’ when accepting clients to combat corruption claims
Institute of Business Ethics taskforce challenges legal profession to act as ‘steward of public trust’
A&O grows revenue, profit in pre-merger year
Profit before tax jumps 17.2% to £1.0bn as PEP hits £2.2m ahead of tie-up with Shearman & Sterling
‘A platform like no other’ – A&O Shearman goes live
Transatlantic merger creates global giant with nearly 4,000 lawyers and $3.5bn revenue
McDermott hires two senior Shearman tax specialists in Paris
Longstanding partner Niels Dejean is switching firms ahead of A&O Shearman merger with counsel Anne-Sophie Maes
Kirkland raids Allen & Overy for second London debt finance partner in past month
Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March
A&O Shearman announces first partner promotions round ahead of May merger
Allen & Overy accounts for 32 of the promotions and Shearman eight, with women making up 42% of the cohort
Allen & Overy marks Saudi launch ahead of Shearman merger
Magic Circle firm secures third Middle East base as dozens of law firms eye business linked to Saudi wealth
Kirkland secures London capital markets partner from Allen & Overy
Marwa Elborai jumps to Chicago giant having joined A&O in 2022 from merger partner Shearman
Paul Hastings adds ‘firepower’ to IP bench with six-strong US team from Allen & Overy
The top 25 US firm secures highly respected team of tech-focused IP litigators in Silicon Valley and Washington DC
Leadership announced for A&O Shearman
Allen & Overy interim managing partner Khalid Garousha named senior partner of soon-to-be firm
Allen & Overy adds five-strong structured finance team from Milbank in London
Magic Circle firm points to 60% growth in private capital client revenue in last two years as partner John Goldfinch joins with team of associates
Allen & Overy, Morrison Foerster guide WillScot’s $3.8bn McGrath acquisition
A&O reps WillScot as modular office lease company moves to expand presence across North America
Allen & Overy partner departs to head up Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Joanne Lau appointed secretary general as incumbent returns to CMS as local managing partner
Law Society’s ‘enormously influential’ international champion Stephen Denyer has died, aged 68
Tributes paid to former Allen & Overy partner who spearheaded society’s international relations
Freshfields’ MENA finance head rejoins Allen & Overy
Haris Meyer Hanif returns to Dubai office in vote of confidence for A&O’s $3.5bn merger with Shearman & Sterling
Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers
A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”
Allen & Overy helps ResMed invalidate seven New York University patents
Team advising medtech company on dispute before USPTO helped found A&O’s West Coast practice
Eight Allen & Overy partners in running to lead A&O Shearman
Elections at UK Magic Circle firm will determine transatlantic giant’s leadership team
Allen & Overy hires cybersecurity partner duo in London from Norton Rose Fulbright
NRF lifer Ffion Flockhart joins as global head of cybersecurity alongside partner Charlie Weston-Simons