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Shearman & Sterling LLP

BROADGATE WEST, 9 APPOLD STREET, LONDON, EC2A 2AP, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7655 5000
Fax:
Fax 020 7655 5500
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www.shearman.com
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Laurence Levy

Tel:
Work +44 20 7655 5717
Email:
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Work Department

European corporate group.

Position

Co-head of the European corporate group in London. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising on corporate finance transactions and other corporate matters, including public and private company mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, restructurings, privatisations, equity capital markets and general corporate advisory work. He is cited as a ‘leading lawyer’ in IFLR1000 (2011) and is also cited in ‘Legal Experts 2010’, ‘The Legal 500 UK 2010’ and the ‘Chambers UK 2010’.

Career

Trained Norton Rose; qualified 1988; Norton Rose 1986-2006, including secondment to the Hong Kong office 1991-1994; partner Norton Rose 1996-2006; partner Shearman & Sterling 2006.

Education

University College School, London; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MA Law and Classics).

Leisure

Tennis, football and skiing.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Corporate finance; M&A

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