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 was pleased to host the latest installment of our Family Office Webinar Series on July 28, 2021, “NFTs – Investment Opportunities in Emerging Digital Assets.”
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Shearman & Sterling was pleased to host the latest
installment of our Family Office Webinar Series on July 28, 2021,
"NFTs – Investment Opportunities in Emerging Digital
Assets." The discussion was led by Donna Parisi, Global
Head of Finance and Head of the Family Office Group at Shearman
& Sterling, with Vanessa Grellet, Head of Portfolio Growth
at Coinfund. Coinfund is an investment firm focused on venture and
liquid opportunities within the blockchain sector with an emphasis
on digital assets and decentralization technologies.
This was the fourth installment of our family office webinar
series focusing on digital asset investing. The program discussion
focused on how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are being used to
commodify a broad range of unique tangible and intangible items in
art, music, sports, gaming and virtual real estate, key drivers for
the rapid growth of the NFT marketplace, potential legal
concerns that NFTs raise and their role in ushering in the
next era of the digital economy.
View "NFTs – Investment Opportunities in
Emerging Digital Assets."
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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.