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Shearman & Sterling

A&O Shearman to axe 10% of partnership

Law firm slashes ranks after merger

    A&O Shearman eyes job cuts after mega-merger

    Those close to the firm anticipate a wave of redundancies

    2 min read

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    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

    2 min read

    A&O Shearman is ‘fraught with massive challenges’

    Newly elected leaders Khalid Garousha and Hervé Ekué face a steep learning curve

    8 min read

    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

    2 min read

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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

    4 min read

    A&O Shearman appoints Denise Gibson as UK managing partner

    New top team takes shape as legal giants Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling prepare to merge on 1 May

    3 min read

    Will more Shearman & Sterling partners leave?

    Your guide to the week’s top legal stories

    Shearman & Sterling’s Europe head Ward McKimm exits ahead of Allen & Overy merger

    High-yield finance expert McKimm will not join the merger between Allen & Overy & Shearman & Sterling

    Meet A&O’s Hervé Ékué, the first Black leader of a Magic Circle law firm

    Capital markets specialist Ékué becomes the face of a more international, more diverse firm

    Allen & Overy unveils new leadership ahead of merger

    A&O confirms leadership team ahead of $3.4bn merger with Shearman & Sterling

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