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 advised Great Elm Capital (Nasdaq: GECC), as they signed a definitive agreement to complete the formation of its joint venture Great Elm Healthcare Finance (GEFH)...
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Shearman & Sterling advised Great Elm Capital (Nasdaq:
GECC), as they signed a definitive agreement to complete the
formation of its joint venture Great Elm Healthcare Finance (GEFH)
with an affiliate of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage as its strategic
minority partner.
GEFH will provide healthcare operators' capital for working
capital, refinancing, acquisition and recapitalization and will
focus in healthcare areas such as skilled nursing, assisted living,
senior housing, memory care, and acute care facilities as well as
specialty pharmacies. GEHF will offer asset based revolving loans,
mortgage financing, secured debt and capital for healthcare
companies in transition.
GECC is an externally-managed business development company that
seeks to generate current income and capital appreciation by
investing in debt and income generating equity securities,
including investments in specialty finance businesses.
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies
Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate
industry, offering a robust suite of services to multifamily and
commercial property clients.
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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.
