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A&O Shearman Offices

A&O Shearman
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022-6069
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Richard Alsop

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Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Richard Alsop is a partner in the Capital Markets practice.

He focuses on capital markets transactions, corporate governance, corporate finance transactions, financial institutions and underwriting practices. He advises corporations and investment banks on a broad variety of capital markets work, including IPOs, convertible bonds and investment grade and high-yield bond transactions. He is a contributor and editor for Shearman &Sterling’s annual Corporate Governance Survey.

Richard represents corporate clients including The Dow Chemical Company, Altice USA, Inc., Ardagh Group S.A., Inc, Boston Scientific Corporation, Consolidated Edison Inc., Genmab, Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., The Chefs’ Warehouse, and Valvoline.

From 2003 through 2008, Richard was Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Corporate Law at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., where he advised executive management and the board of directors on major corporate transactions, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation and other matters. From 1994 through 2003, he held other senior roles in the legal department of Merrill Lynch, including Equity Capital Markets Counsel, Investment Banking General Counsel and Debt Markets General Counsel. He rejoined Shearman & Sterling in 2010.

Memberships

New York

New Jersey

Education

Columbia University School of Law

J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

Columbia College

A.B., cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings

A&O Shearman has an outstanding reputation in investment grade debt offerings, especially for underwriters, though with an established record in issuer-side engagements too. It continues to advise issuers and underwriters in headline and big-ticket debt offerings, including those in the financial services and asset management, energy and power, telecoms, healthcare and biotechnology sectors. With Canada-focused lawyers in New York and an office in Toronto, it is at the forefront of representing clients in bond offerings by Canadian financial institutions and other issuers. Lona Nallengara leads many of the firm’s top engagements and previously held senior positions at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ilir Mujalovic and Richard Alsop  are also key partners, alongside Jason Lehner , who splits his time between New York and Toronto. Alejandro Gordano has joined from Linklaters LLP, while Grissel Mercado has left the firm. All other named partners are based in New York.

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