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.
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This quarter, companies around the globe prepared to exit
Iran-related business in the wake of U.S. sanctions
snap-back. Meanwhile, OFAC provided a path to relief to
designated Russian entities, extending several deadlines to allow
for the continued divestment by their oligarch owners. The
U.S. took no new sanctions actions against North Korea as the two
countries entered highly anticipated negotations surrounding
denuclearization. Finally, in its first enforcement action of
the year, OFAC stressed the importance of empowering compliance
personnel to prevent prohibited transactions.
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