News About Allen & Overy

‘Opportunistic and strategic’ – Allen & Overy’s bold move to crack the lucrative US market

For the first time in decades the four international UK Magic Circle firms will no longer be marching in strategic tandem, reports John Malpas

22 May 2023

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling unveil ‘transformative’ merger plan to create $3.4bn firm

Deal would forge unique ‘integrated global elite firm’ both sides claim ahead of partner votes

21 May 2023

London International Disputes Week begins with arbitration-focused day as top lawyers back tech’s profound impact on disputes

Ben Rigby reports on LIDW’s opening day featuring keynotes on aspects of arbitration and a tech study

15 May 2023

Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Cravath called in for Deutsche Börse’s €3.9bn SimCorp acquisition

Covington & Burling also acts on German stock exchange operator's biggest acquisition to date alongside Germany's Hengeler Mueller and Danish firms Plesner and Kromann Reumert

4 May 2023

London International Disputes Week changes with confidence

LIDW will explore how the disputes community is adapting to a world that has changed dramatically since its 2019 launch, reports Ben Rigby

3 May 2023

Allen & Overy adds corporate partner duo in Singapore from Baker McKenzie

Kenny Kwan and Caryn Ng join as magic circle firm moves to bolster its Asia-Pacific equity capital markets and public M&A offering

3 May 2023

'It can’t just be a slogan' - Allen & Overy's Elizabeth Holland on advancing women in IP

Clients and law firms have been successfully collaborating to boost the the number of senior women IP lawyers, A&O's US head of life sciences tells Maura O’Malley

3 May 2023

Allen & Overy elevates 36 to partnership

Proportion of women in latest round rises to 42% from 36% last year as overall number of promotions dips

27 Apr 2023

Allen & Overy announces new US senior leadership

Global litigation co-head Karen Seward and leading infrastructure partner Kent Rowey to succeed Tim House as US practice co-chairs

3 Apr 2023

Allen & Overy and King & Spalding snap up Shearman & Sterling partners in Paris and UAE

International departures from New York firm continue in wake of its now shelved merger talks with Hogan Lovells.

15 Mar 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell adds PE star from Allen & Overy in rare London partner hire

Karan Dinamani joins elite US firm’s European PE and M&A teams after almost a decade at A&O

9 Mar 2023

Allen & Overy flags eco-credentials as it signs deal to move Sydney team to landmark 33 Alfred Street Tower

UK firm to lease 2,500 sq metres of historic tower from 2025 following eco-friendly refurbishment

28 Feb 2023

Allen & Overy integrates ChatGPT-style chatbot to boost legal work

Magic Circle firm partners with OpenAI-backed legal startup Harvey to introduce ‘game-changer’ tool

16 Feb 2023

Weil builds up Paris banking team with leveraged finance partner duo from Allen & Overy

Géraldine Lezmi and Jean-Christophe David join shortly after US firm added high yield partners in London from Freshfields and White & Case

13 Feb 2023

Davis Polk secures Allen & Overy partner duo to launch in Brussels

Wall Street leader joins ranks of US firms planting a flag in EU’s competition hub post-Brexit

17 Jan 2023

Raft of top firms called in as Royal Bank of Canada buys HSBC Canada in ‘once in a generation’ $13.5bn cash deal

Allen & Overy, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz among those acting for RBC as Linklaters advises HSBC’s Canada arm

30 Nov 2022

Allen & Overy boosts leveraged finance bench with partner hire from Shearman & Sterling

US-qualified high yield specialist Marwa Elborai joins in London after more than 15 years at US rival

25 Nov 2022

UK Magic Circle need ‘another yard of pace’ to compete with US rivals, ex-senior partner warns

Former Slaughter and May leader joins debate over future of London’s elite law firms

7 Nov 2022

Allen & Overy continues West Coast growth with private equity partner hire from Winston & Strawn

Joshua Birenbaum joins in Los Angeles as UK firm’s 48th US partner lateral in last two years

2 Nov 2022

Allen & Overy boosts Italian litigation practice with partner hire from Delfino Willkie

Francesca Petronio becomes magic circle firm’s 10th global litigation practice recruit this year

26 Oct 2022