A&O Shearman was formed in 2024 via the merger of two historic firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. With nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets.
This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. A firm that advises at the forefront of the forces changing the current of global business and that is unrivalled in its global strength.
Our clients benefit from the collective experience of teams who work with many of the world’s most influential companies and institutions, and have a history of precedent-setting innovations.
Together our lawyers advise more than a third of NYSE-listed businesses, a fifth of the NASDAQ and a notable proportion of the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext, Euronext Paris and the Tokyo and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
On March 25, 2015, the SEC adopted final rules to allow smaller
companies better access to capital and provide investors with more
investment choices. The new rules update and expand Regulation A,
an existing exemption from registration for smaller issuers of
securities and will enable smaller companies to offer and sell up
to $50 million of securities in a 12-month period, subject to
eligibility, disclosure and reporting requirements. The rules are
mandated by Title IV of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and
will attempt to provide investors with more investment choices,
especially among smaller companies. The rules will be effective 60
days after publication in the Federal Register.
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