A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman is a global law firm focused on understanding client goals, delivering practical legal solutions and advice for complex business challenges worldwide. Its practice areas span advisory and regulatory, capital markets, corporate and M&A, disputes, and finance, alongside legal innovation.

According to the firm's own about page, it has nearly 4,000 lawyers across more than 40 countries, and its lawyers advise more than a third of NYSE-listed businesses, a fifth of the NASDAQ, and a notable proportion of the London Stock Exchange, Euronext, and the Tokyo and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.