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.
Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley, Lloyds Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities as lead underwriters
United States
Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets,
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley, Lloyds
Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities as lead underwriters in
connection with Bank of Montreal's registered public offering
of $1.75 billion of medium-term notes comprised of $1.35 billion
aggregate principal amount of its 5.300% Senior Notes due 2026 and
$400 million aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes
due 2026, under its U.S. medium-term note program.
Bank of Montreal is the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North
America with total assets of C$1.15 trillion as of January 31,
2023.
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.
