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.
For those with capital to spend, low commodity prices and market unrest has created opportunities to acquire assets and distressed companies, including acquisitions of asset packages, acquisitions of companies...
For those with capital to spend, low commodity prices and market
unrest has created opportunities to acquire assets and distressed
companies, including acquisitions of asset packages, acquisitions
of companies, and take-private transactions. On this call, Nathan
Meredith (Dallas-Mergers & Acquisitions), Jeremy Kennedy
(Houston-Project Development & Finance), Rob Freedman (New
York-Project Development & Finance), John Beahn (Washington,
D.C.-CFIUS) discussed considerations involved in these
transactions, including:
Acquisitions Outside of Bankruptcy Court
Acquisitions During the Bankruptcy Process
CFIUS and other Regulatory Issues
Sarah McLean (Austin/Houston-Mergers & Acquisitions)
moderated this call.
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