News About A&O Shearman

‘The biggest business risk is being too slow to start’: general counsel navigate the future of luxury

A&O Shearman/Luxury Law Summit roundtable explores themes including changing consumer behaviour, brand collaboration and partnerships, employment reforms and the impact of agentic commerce

30 Jul 2026

A&O Shearman posts flat revenue as PEP returns to pre-merger levels

Turnover holds steady at $3.7bn as profit per equity partner rises 12% to $2.9m following period of partner cuts and departures

16 Jul 2026

A&O Shearman unveils latest Fuse innovation accelerator programme cohort

A total of 18 legaltech and digital asset firms make the cut for the programme’s 10th cohort

13 Jul 2026

A&O Shearman cuts business services roles in London

Up to 20 roles affected as transatlantic firm becomes latest in string of international players to axe jobs

7 May 2026

Mayer Brown builds in Tokyo with seven-lawyer A&O Shearman team

Arrival of partners Toshiro Mochizuki and Kana Morimura follows recent hire of A&O Shearman’s Tokyo head

27 Mar 2026

Paul Hastings adds London high-yield partner from A&O Shearman

Brad Weyland to help plug gap created when Paul Hastings partner duo exited in February for Sullivan & Cromwell

11 Mar 2026

McDermott hires former A&O Shearman partner to boost European antitrust team

Kristina Nordlander brings more than two decades of experience on EU competition matters

26 Jan 2026

Weil, A&O Shearman lead Rio Tinto’s $260bn merger talks with Glencore

Weil guides Glencore as A&O Shearman acts for Rio Tinto in what could be largest-ever M&A deal

12 Jan 2026

Sullivan & Cromwell continues London buildout with A&O Shearman finance hire

Patrick Clancy reunites with former A&O Shearman partner Barney Reynolds as S&C continues to expand rapidly in the City

9 Jan 2026

Latham adds trio of real estate finance partners from A&O Shearman in London

Team includes A&O’s global real estate finance head David Oppenheimer

6 Jan 2026

Gibson Dunn hits A&O Shearman for London disputes partner

Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team

27 Nov 2025

Morgan Lewis debuts in Saudi Arabia with hires from A&O Shearman, Al Tamimi

Former A&O Shearman Riyadh co-lead to spearhead launch of six-lawyer office, the latest in a procession of Saudi openings by international law firms

3 Nov 2025

Top executives from A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie, Gibson Dunn and White & Case to speak at Law Firm Marketing Summit

London conference chaired by BCLP’s Alessandra Almeida Jones will address growth in ‘Age of Chaos’

3 Oct 2025

Reed Smith, A&O Shearman see trio of German partners exit Big Law for independent practice

FGvW gains two real estate partners from Reed Smith in Frankfurt, while A&O loses arbitration partner to newly minted disputes boutique in Hamburg

2 Oct 2025

Reed Smith hires regulatory partner in China from A&O Shearman

Jieni Ji joins leading US firm to bolster regulatory offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong

16 Sep 2025

Preface: Restructuring & Insolvency

10 Sep 2025

Paul Weiss, A&O and Stibbe advise on Keurig Dr Pepper’s €16bn purchase of coffee giant JDE Peet’s

Paul Weiss and Dutch firm Stibbe are advising Keurig Dr Pepper, while A&O is counselling JDE Peet’s

26 Aug 2025

A&O Shearman restocks Luxembourg funds bench with Clifford Chance duo

Hires follow funds lawyers exiting for Simpson Thacher, legacy Herbert Smith Freehills’ Luxembourg launches

13 Aug 2025

A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May guide Brookfield’s £2.4bn Just Group acquisition

A&O Shearman reps Brookfield in deal that deepens Canadian investment giant’s push into UK pension risk transfer market

31 Jul 2025

A&O Shearman New York partners exit, launch litigation boutique

David Esseks and Gene Ingoglia launch firm specialising in trials, high-stakes litigation, investigations and white-collar defence

16 Jul 2025