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.
Partner Philip Urofsky participated in a panel during the International Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and Investigations, hosted by Buenos Aires-based law
Partner Philip Urofsky participated in a panel during the
International Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and
Investigations, hosted by Buenos Aires-based law firm Marval
O'Farrell Mairal. The panel, titled "Trends in
Anti-Corruption Compliance and Investigations in the USA, UK and
France," took place on October 21.
The panelists discussed trends in international cooperation
among authorities regarding multinational enforcement of
anti-corruption regulations, recommended measures for global
companies that want to prevent corruption, the most frequent
corruption risks for companies operating globally, and how measures
to contain COVID-19 have impacted anti-corruption compliance and
investigations.
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