Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)

A&O Shearman is well equipped to handle cross-border M&A, financing and project development matters on a truly global scale. Its integrated practice across offices in North and Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East combines to efficiently perform as lead counsel on multi-jurisdictional matters. It maintains relationships with an extensive variety of firms for the provision of local law advice outside the USA and Europe.

New York is the centre of the firm's global M&A expertise and acts as a hub for US clients in outbound work, acting as a key link with European and Asian offices as well as project-managing local counsel. Its offices in Washington, DC and California also cover other major US financial centres. With corporate groups embedded in numerous foreign jurisdictions, the firm offers US-based and global clients a far-reaching platform combined with a strong US practice, which is able to meet the challenges of complex cross-border M&A. The firm's clients come from across financial services, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and energy.