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.
Mark Shapiro, partner at Shearman & Sterling and Chairman of the firm's Financial Restructuring & Insolvency group was featured in a recent episode of the FICC Focus podcast by Bloomberg Intelligence.
Mark Shapiro, partner at Shearman & Sterling and Chairman of
the firm's Financial Restructuring & Insolvency group was
featured in a recent episode of the FICC Focus podcast by Bloomberg
Intelligence.
In the episode, Mark discusses the recent bankruptcy case of FTX
and Crypto restructurings more broadly in light of his prior
experience in Lehman Brothers.
FICC Focus offers the latest market views on interest rates,
corporate bonds, emerging-market debt, commodities and currencies
by Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.
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