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.
The FCPA Digest provides and an invaluable compendium of all Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and private actions including US foreign bribery proceedings including criminal prosecutions...
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns
report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends
and patterns in the US, the UK, and elsewhere as well as helpful
guidance on emerging best practices in FCPA and global
anti-corruption compliance programs.
The FCPA Digest provides and an invaluable compendium of all
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and
private actions including US foreign bribery proceedings including
criminal prosecutions, DOJ foreign bribery civil actions, SEC
actions, DOJ opinion releases, ongoing FCPA investigations,
pre-FCPA prosecutions, and parallel litigation related to the
FCPA.
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