Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Managing Partner (London):Richard Pollack

Number of partners (London):14

Number of lawyers (London):78

Number of lawyers worldwide: Approximately 1,000

International Offices: Sullivan & Cromwell has offices in Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

THE FIRM 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients worldwide. The firm’s record of success and unparalleled client service has set it apart for more than 140 years and made the firm a model for the modern practice of law. Today, S&C is a global leader in each of its core practice areas and geographic markets. The firm comprises more than 1,000 lawyers who practice through a network of 13 highly integrated offices located in key financial centres in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. The London office practices English, EU and U.S. law.

RECRUITMENT  

Trainee Scheme:S&C’s London office has been recruiting trainee solicitors since 2011 and offers roughly eight training contracts each year. Further information can be obtained fromcareers.sullcrom.com/uk-trainee-solicitors.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK  

M&A & Private Equity:  

Consistently ranked as one of the leaders globally in law firm league tables for M&A, our expertise covers advice to principals, financial advisers and financial sponsors on complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, spin-offs and strategic alliances, auctions and restructurings.

Capital Markets:  

Independently recognised as a leading law firm for capital markets work, the firm advises issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders on a wide variety of international transactions, including debt, equity and hybrid offerings, derivatives and structured financings.

ESG: 

At the forefront of the ESG movement, advising corporates, financial institutions and investors in identifying ESG-related risks and opportunities in their businesses across a range of topics, including Investor Relations, Sustainable Finance, Disclosures and Corporate Governance.

Leveraged Finance:  

Expertise spanning acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate financings and refinancings, credit facilities, restructurings, high-yield and real estate finance. Particularly noted for complex, innovative and market-leading financing transactions.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring:  

Provides clients creative and commercially effective advice necessary to weather market changes. The group helps clients buy and sell distressed businesses, extend credit with less risk, protect their rights during counterparty bankruptcies, establish best practices for corporate governance insolvency and preserve the value of their businesses while changing capital structures.

Project Development & Finance:  

Wide-ranging expertise in natural resources, energy and infrastructure projects, particularly in the oil and gas, mining and metals, and transportation sectors. The firm’s advice covers financings in both developed and emerging markets, and the firm has advised on many award-winning, first-of-a-kind projects worldwide.

Energy Transition:  

Takes a multidisciplinary approach in our support to clients navigating the accelerating transition toward decarbonisation and clean energy. Our practice is not reliant upon, or limited to knowledge about, a single type of transaction, practice or industry. We draw from wide-ranging experience across natural resources, energy, infrastructure and related sectors to structure and implement innovative and successful transactions.

European and US Competition:  

Comprehensive merger clearance advice and advice on other aspects of competition law under EU, French, German, UK and US law, defending companies under investigation by the competition authorities and securing antitrust clearances globally through an extensive network of relationship firms.

National Security:  

Draws on our multidisciplinary approach to seamlessly advise on compliance matters and national and international security issues that arise in M&A deals and other corporate transactions, includingnon-U.S. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviews.

Artificial Intelligence:  

Brings diverse practitioners together, advising clients on cutting-edge issues arising from groundbreaking developments in AI. The practice has unrivalled experience collaborating with clients on “first-of-a-kind” and “bet-the-company” deals involving AI development, adoption and commercialization with a deep understanding of the various legal, policy and ethical considerations raised by the technology, allowing us to advise on critical judgments in a dynamic and high-stakes environment.

Tax:  

The focus of the practice is providing strategic UK and US tax advice in relation to M&A, corporate restructurings, real estate financing, capital markets, project finance and securitisations and the resolution of tax controversies.

Estates & Personal:  

Provides comprehensive and customised service to individuals, families, trustees and charitable institutions on a range of sensitive business and personal affairs. The practice includes all aspects of non-US and US private client advice, major non-US and US transactional matters, and cross-border trusts and estates litigation.

Financial Institutions & Bank Regulatory:  

Market-leading advice on the regulatory and legislative developments affecting financial institutions, notably on the regulatory issues involving commodities, securities, currencies and derivatives.