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Magic Circle partner promotions inch up, but total down on recent years
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A&O Shearman promotes 33 partners, down from 40 last year
Partner promotions fall at newly merged legal giant
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Ex-staff criticise A&O Shearman’s ‘shocking’ Trump deal
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Meet law’s rising stars of 2025
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The legal pay boom is not over
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A&O Shearman partner John Goldfinch resigns after drink-driving conviction
Partner quits Magic Circle law firm after less than a year
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A&O Shearman to axe 10% of partnership
Law firm slashes ranks after merger
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A&O Shearman hires private equity pair from Sidley Austin
Private equity M&A specialists join newly merged firm in London
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A&O Shearman eyes job cuts after mega-merger
Those close to the firm anticipate a wave of redundancies
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Top UK law firms boost partner pay 11% after deals rebound
Leading lawyers cash in as M&A bounces back
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A&O Shearman hires Barclays managing director in London
Newly merged law firm adds to finance ranks with bank hire
A&O Shearman hires Kirkland & Ellis London finance partner
The law firm has boosted its finance ranks in London following its 1 May merger
Allen & Overy partner pay hit £2.2m before Shearman merger deal
Allen & Overy merged with Shearman & Sterling on 1 May
A&O Shearman and Cahill finance teams jump to Proskauer Rose in London
A&O Shearman heavyweight Philip Bowden is moving to Proskauer as part of a major finance expansion
A&O Shearman boosts salaries for new lawyers to £150,000
The newly merged firm has matched its UK rivals amid London legal pay race
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A&O Shearman is ‘fraught with massive challenges’
Newly elected leaders Khalid Garousha and Hervé Ekué face a steep learning curve
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A&O Shearman: Who are the winners and losers?
Exits mounted in the months before the seminal deal, but others have risen to new positions
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Shearman & Sterling finance heavyweight Sanjeev Dhuna left out of new firm
A&O Shearman launches without Shearman London finance heavyweight
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A&O Shearman will be ‘elite everywhere’ say new bosses as merger goes live
FN speaks to the top team as Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling’s $3.5bn mega-deal completes
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