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Shearman & Sterling LLP

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Washington DC, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Sao Paulo and 13 more

Shearman & Sterling is a leading international law firm, with approximately 900 lawyers providing a wide range of legal services through a network of 20 offices in the world’s major financial centres.

The firm: Shearman & Sterling has advised many of the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and government organisations for more than 130 years. The firm is committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to its clients. This has resulted in its involvement in many ground-breaking transactions in all major regions of the world.

Shearman & Sterling strives to deliver people, expertise and resources aligned with its clients’ needs, wherever they arise. The firm’s partner-driven, entrepreneurial and client-focused approach enables it to provide integrated client services across many regions and practices.

Nearly one half of Shearman & Sterling’s lawyers practise outside the US and, collectively, are fluent in more than 50 languages. The firm’s lawyers practice US, English, French, German, Hong Kong, Italian and EU law.

Types of work undertaken: Shearman & Sterling’s London office has been established for nearly 40 years. Today it is recognised as one of the leading international corporate and commercial law firms in London. It offers integrated English and US legal advice across a broad range of practices in the UK, Europe and other parts of the globe.

Its lawyers are acknowledged as market leaders in: equity and debt capital markets transactions; mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory work; finance, including acquisition and bank finance restructuring and bankruptcy, and structured finance; project development and finance; advising on legal and regulatory compliance issues relating to financial institutions; asset management; international arbitration and litigation; antitrust and European competition law; property, including development and investment projects and finance; international tax; employment law, including compensation and employee benefits; and intellectual property.

The firm works closely with its offices in the Americas, continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia to advise clients on the full range of corporate and financial transactions.

Other offices: Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Palo Alto, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington DC.

Number of UK partners 26
Number of other UK fee-earners 128

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