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Zeeshan Ahmedani
Partner
Charles Akinboyewa Jr.
Associate
Richard Alsop
Partner
Paula Anderson
Partner
Lara Aryani
Partner
Laurent Asquin
Counsel
Gus Atiyah
Partner
Azam Aziz
Partner
Matthew Behrens
Counsel
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of companies, boards of directors, executives or underwriters in high-stakes commercial disputes, including securities actions, shareholder derivative cases, M&A litigation, tender offer litigation, proxy contest lawsuits and internal investigations. He also has extensive experience in defending class actions involving consumer protection, environmental issues, healthcare and telecommunications.
He has obtained major victories for some of the most recognizable companies in the U.S. For example, Thad recently obtained dismissals for two matters on behalf of Tenet Healthcare, a securities case and the other a medical care case. He also won a putative environmental class action lawsuit for AT&T by first obtaining denial of class certification and then securing voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. Thad led the successful defense of the National Football League (NFL) in a consumer class action brought by ticketholders to Super Bowl XLV—first obtaining a denial of class certification and then winning the subsequent federal jury trial against the remaining individual plaintiffs. He also obtained summary judgment for the NFL in two different lawsuits brought in Texas state courts by a fantasy football convention company. Thad has also led BP Products North America, Inc. to victory by defeating class certification and securing a voluntary dismissal in a $10 billion environmental litigation brought by property owners who claimed to have been harmed by alleged air emissions from one of the company’s oil refineries.
Ranked by Chambers USA for securities litigation, sources tell the directory that Thad is “the smartest lawyer I’ve ever worked with and 100 steps ahead of most counsel” and “one of the smartest lawyers you will find in the securities area,” noting that he “is thought of really highly and is really good on his feet.” Clients also describe him as “trusted,” “very client-friendly, very smart and very strategic in his thinking” an “excellent writer, thoughtful and cost efficient” who “works well with other law firms” and “always has in mind the overarching goal and our broader interests, as opposed to just trying to win litigation.”
Thad is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America of Woodward/White, Inc. for Litigation – Securities, by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Class Actions and Securities Litigation and Enforcement. In addition, Thad was named “Litigator of the Week” by Texas Lawyer in recognition of his successful representation of client AT&T in a federal class action suit.
Prior to entering private practice, Thad served as a law clerk for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Thad is also a recognized leader in the community. He is a Master of the Bench in the esteemed Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, a former president of the Dallas Federal Bar Association and an alumnus of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s famed Leadership Dallas program.
Maria Christopher Bell
Counsel
John Bennett
Partner
Roberta Berliner Cherman
Partner
Stephen Besen
Partner
JB Betker
Partner
Alex Bevan
Partner
Parul Bhatia
Associate
Bjorn Bjerke
Partner
Sergey Blinov
Sergey Blinov is a counsel in Banking practice. He is an all-round finance lawyer with substantial experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions, covering trade finance, export credit finance, project finance, acquisition finance, subordinated loans, syndicated lending, restructurings (both consensual and contentious), and debt capital markets transactions. He has also advised various financial institutions on major insolvency proceedings and related litigation.
Adam Blythe
Associate
Maxmilien Bradley
Specialized Practice Lawyer
Lisa Brill
Partner
Melisa Brower
Associate
Melisa Brower
Partner
Matthew Brown
Counsel
Brittany Brudnicki
Associate
Noah Brumfield
Partner
James Bryson
Senior Associate
Robert Bucella
Counsel
Simon Burrows
Partner
John Cannon
Partner
Winfried M Carli
Partner
Martin Chassany
Counsel
Li Chen
Partner
Lorna Chen
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\tAsia Regional Managing Partner
\tHead of Greater China
\tExecutive Group Member
Jonathan Cheng
Counsel
Michael Chernick
Partner
Kuang Chiang
Counsel
Helen Christakos
Partner
Eliana Cioffi
Eliana Cioffi is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice group of the Rome office.
Patrick Clancy
Of Counsel
Sara Coelho
Partner
Saralyn Cohen
Pro Bono Counsel & Director
Creighton Condon
Partner
Felise Cooper
Senior Counsel
Samuel Cooper
Partner
Matthew Craner
Partner
Larry Crouch
Partner
Nicole Daley
Partner
Romain Dambre
Partner
Séverine De La Courtie
Counsel
Paz de la Iglesia
Dario De Martino
Partner
Andrea De Pieri
Avv. Andrea De Pieri is a partner in the Corporate Group of the Milan office. Mr. De Pieri focuses primarily on assisting corporate clients, investment banks and private equity funds in both public and private mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, sales and joint ventures as well as corporate finance and real estate transactions.
Zach Deaton
Associate
Jesse Debban
Partner
Niels Dejean
Partner
Jessica Delbaum
Partner
Greta Dell’Anna
Associate
Alain Dermarkar
Partner
C.Wallace DeWitt
Senior Counsel
Christine (Xiaoyu) Ding
Associate
Thomas Donegan
Partner
Ilya Dvorkin
Ilya Dvorkin is a partner and the head of the Structured and Asset Finance practice in Russia. He is a recognised expert in the field of asset finance and acts for all of the leading players in the Russian and international aviation market. Ilya’s practice features a wide range of aircraft-financing matters, including pre-delivery payment financings, ECA financings, aircraft sale and purchase transactions, portfolio sales and leasing, as well as related Russian tax, customs and regulatory issues. Ilya was one of the first lawyers to successfully lead the repossession of aircraft from Russia on behalf of an international lessor. He represents major Russian and international aircraft lessors and banks on their restructurings, aviation related disputes and airline bankruptcy cases in Russia.
Joshua Ebersole
Partner
Elise Edson
Counsel
Drew Elphick
Associate
Paul Epstein
Partner
David Esseks
Partner
Françoise Even
Counsel
Aliresa Fatemi
Counsel
Dan Feldman
Partner
Pierre-Nicolas Ferrand
Partner
Sean Finley
Partner
Stephen Fishbein
Partner
Jonathon Flynn
Counsel
Christopher Forrester
Partner
Chris Gaine
Associate
Jai Garg
Partner
Etienne Gelencsér
Partner
Charles Gittleman
Of Counsel
Christopher Glenn
Associate
Dan Gold
Partner
Geoffrey Goldman
Partner
Igor Gorchakov
Igor Gorchakov is a partner in Banking and Dispute Resolution practices. He is an experienced and versatile Russian lawyer specialising in banking and dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigations and arbitrations. His wide ranging banking and finance expertise includes general lending, syndicated lending, project finance, real estate finance, securitisation, derivatives and bank regulation. Igor also practises in the areas of international capital markets and M&A.
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations.
He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors.
Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.
Alan Goudiss
Partner
Denise Grant
Partner
Austin Grossfeld
Associate
John Gueli
Partner
Christoph Götz
Counsel
Adam Hakki
Partner, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee and Board and U.S. Chair.
Harald Halbhuber
Partner
Karen Hart
Associate
Lorenz Haselberger
Partner
Richard Hauser
Associate
Patrick Hein
Partner
Jack Heinberg
Partner
Angela Heywood Bible
Counsel
John Hibbard
Counsel
David Higbee
Partner
Lee Hill
Associate
Susan Hobart
Partner
Mallory Tosch Hoggatt
Partner
Elizabeth Holland
Partner
William Holste
Associate
Michael Holt
Associate
Leo Hong
Counsel
Jeff Hoschander
Partner
Michel Houdayer
Michel recently joined A&O Shearman as a partner in the Debt Finance global practice group. His arrival strengthens the firm's offering on the French private equity market in leveraged finance and more generally in acquisition finance.
Michel is a recognized expert in the leveraged finance market, advising both on international and French bank debt and bond financing transactions. Michel successfully advises, sponsor or lender side, leading investment funds, large corporates, debt funds and financial institutions, both French and international, across all levels of the capital structure.
David Hume
Counsel
Masahisa Ikeda
Partner
Asia Regional Managing Partner
Head of Tokyo Office
David Ingle
Counsel
Eugene Ingoglia
Partner
Trevor Ingram
Partner
Emmanuel Jacomy
Partner
William James
Partner
Stephen Janick
Associate
Brian Jebb
Partner
Jieni Ji
Counsel
Elaine Johnston
Partner
Daniel Kachmar
Associate
Daniel Kahn
Associate
George Karafotias
Partner
Dimitrios Katsikis
Counsel
Rena Katsuyama
Associate
Erika Kent
Partner
Derek Kershaw
Partner
Sonia Khandekar
Associate
Oleg Khomenko
Oleg Khomenko is a partner in Banking practice. He advises lenders and borrowers on a broad range of complex cross-border financing transactions, and has extensive experience in margin lending, acquisition finance and financing in emerging markets (including Russia, the CEE and the Middle East) in addition to general corporate and real estate finance.
Lena Kiely
Partner
Dennis Kitt
Associate
Benjamin Klebanoff
Associate
Anton Konnov
Anton Konnov is the Managing partner of the Moscow office and Head of the Moscow corporate practice. He has advised extensively on a broad range of corporate, regulatory, infrastructure and general commercial matters and on a number of high-profile corporate transactions including M&As, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in Russia and the CIS in a wide range of business sectors including TMT, oil and gas, metals and mining, financial institutions and manufacturing.
Todd Koretzky
Partner
Alfred Kossmann
Of Counsel
Nik Krylov
Associate
Adam Kupitz
Partner
Ami Kurakado
Associate
Thomas König
Partner
Daniel LaGuardia
Partner
Taylor Landry
Partner
Caroline Lapidus
Partner
Christopher LaVigne
Partner
Grace Lee
Partner
Hyunsok Lee
Associate
Jean Lee
Partner
Kyungwon (Won) Lee
Partner
Jason Lehner
Partner
Hervé Letréguilly
Partner
Daniel Lewis
Partner
Dave Lewis
Partner
Jonathan Lewis
Counsel
Stephanie Li
Associate
Doreen Lilienfeld
Partner
Gabriel Lim
Associate
Daniel Litowitz
Partner
Judy Little
Counsel
Susan Loeb
Associate
Derrick Lott
Partner
Eric Lucas
Counsel
Anne-Sophie Maes
Counsel
Eileen Maguire
Counsel
Thomas Majewski
Counsel
Gordon Mak
Partner
Thomas Makin
Partner
Ilya Mamin
Associate
Anthony Mansfield
Partner
Rami Marginean
Associate
Randall Martin
Counsel
Andrew Maryan
Counsel
Nisim (Niso) Matari
Associate
Bill McCormack
Partner
Ward McKimm
Europe and Middle East Regional Managing Partner
Helen McKinney
Counsel
Karen McMaster
Partner, Financial Restructuring
Andrew Meiser
Associate
Nathan Meredith
Partner
Jacob Mezei
Associate
Jake Mincemoyer
Partner
Sami Mir
Partner
Nicholas Mitrokostas
Partner
Daniel Mitz
Partner
Gregory Mocek
Partner
Toshiro Mochizuki
Partner
Natalie Montano Young
Senior Counsel
Veronika Montes
Counsel
Kana Morimura
Counsel
Roger Morscheiser
Partner
Jennifer Morton
Partner and leader of firm's broker-dealer regulatory practice
Rachel Mossman Zieminski
Partner
Anil Motwani
Partner
Ilir Mujalovic
Partner
Robert Mundheim
Of Counsel
Lona Nallengara
Partner
John Nathanson
Partner
Bill Nelson
Partner
Noni Nelson
Associate
Cyrille Niedzielski
Of Counsel
Kaja Niewiarowska
Associate
Clare O'Brien
Partner
Rory O'Halloran
Partner
Yuka Ohba
Associate
Manuel Orillac
Partner
Daren Orzechowski
Partner
Kotoe Oshima
Associate
Robert O’Leary
Counsel
Maura O’Sullivan
Partner
Andrey Panov
Andrey Panov is a counsel in Dispute Resolution practice. He has over twelve years of experience representing his clients before Russian and foreign courts, as well before arbitral tribunals. Andrey regularly acts as lead counsel in his cases, and has conducted his own advocacy in numerous commercial, construction and investment arbitration cases under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC and ICAC Rules. He has also represented clients in many high profile commercial and corporate disputes at all levels of the Russian courts, with some of his cases becoming precedents cited in the information letters of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. Andrey has advised his clients on litigation conducted in jurisdictions including England and Wales, Switzerland, Cyprus, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands. In addition, Andrey sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international cases under various sets of rules, including the ICC.
Donna Parisi
Global Co-Head of International DCM, Derivatives & Securitization and Financial Institutions Sector Lead
Jeffrey Pellegrino
Partner
Samantha Peppers
Associate
Saul Perloff
Partner
Scott Petepiece
Partner
Nhung Pham
Counsel
Andreas Piepers
Associate
Natalya Pilbeam
Counsel
Karl Pires
Partner
Karl J. Pires
Partner
Richard Porter
Partner
Ilona Potiha Laor
Partner
Lachlan Poustie
Partner
Lachlan Poustie
Partner
Jason Pratt
Counsel
Taylor Pugliese
Associate
Sara Raisner
Partner
Matthew Readings
Partner
Corey Reis
Associate
Jeffrey Resetarits
Partner
Maura Rezendes
Partner
Ken Rivlin
Partner
Ian Roberts
Partner
Lyle Roberts
Partner
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez is a partner in the Antitrust practice.
She focuses on Spanish and EU competition law.
Elvira advises clients across a range of sectors, including air transport, chemicals, telecommunications, energy, pharmaceuticals, steel, hotel accommodation, textiles and financial services. She has extensive experience in advising clients on Article 101 (restrictive agreements) and the equivalent provisions under Spanish law. She has also participated in State aid procedures and in Article 102 (abuse of dominance) cases before the EU competition authorities. She has in-depth knowledge of working before the European Commission and the European Courts.
William J. F. Roll, III
General Counsel
Alicia Rose
Associate
Jason Rothschild
Senior Counsel
Kent Rowey
Partner
Christopher Ryan
Partner
Anna Salek
Partner
Alessandro Salvador
Counsel
Bill Satchell
Of Counsel
Stephen Savoca
Associate
Andrew Schleider
Partner, Head of the Capital Markets practice in Singapore
Paul Schreiber
Of Counsel
Adam Schwartz
Partner
Richard Schwed
Partner
William Schwitter
Partner
Xueqing (Ashley) Shan
Associate
Mark Shapiro
Partner
Soumya Sharma
Senior Counsel
Takako Shigetomi
Associate
Leila Rashida Siddiky
Associate
Matthew Skinner
Partner
Adam Sofen
Partner
Grace Song
Associate
Hae-Ran Song
Counsel
Sheyla Soriano
Associate
Fredric Sosnick
Partner
Michael Steinberg
Partner
Todd Stenerson
Todd is U.S. Head of Antitrust Litigation. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants throughout the courts of the U.S., Todd has played a leading role in matters of importance for three decades.
In addition to his extensive antitrust, multi-district litigation and arbitration experience, he has handled investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
As part of his complex commercial litigation background, he also has handled several dealer termination and RICO cases, as well as business torts, breach of contract and ERISA cases.
AV Preeminent-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and a BTI Client Service All-Star, Todd routinely garners praise from clients, peers, the judiciary and industry leading publications.
Most recently, Todd was again ranked by Chambers & Partners for general commercial litigation, with sources noting that “he’s extremely knowledgeable and he’s very good on his feet as an oral advocate” and that “this is where we turn when it comes to complex and large-scale litigation.”
Four separate times, Benchmark Litigation has shortlisted him for “Antitrust Litigator of the Year” in addition to naming him both a “National Practice Area Star” and a “Local Litigation Star.” He has also been touted for his litigation skills by The Legal 500.
Clients have described Todd to these publications as being “very strategic,” “a really strong lawyer who has a very compelling style,” and “a great trial lawyer” who is “amazingly talented, articulate, confident, and a tenacious fighter.” Recognized for his versatility and ability to adapt to the needs of a given situation, clients also note that he is “very collaborative” and that, “with these big mega-cases, you think about trial or settlement, but Todd is taking depositions, making decisions, really thinking about how this is going to play out in trial. That’s not something you see every day.”
Barbara Stettner
Partner
Elizabeth Stewart
Associate
Katherine Stoller
Partner
Antonia Stolper
Of Counsel
Artis Straupenieks
Associate
Paul Strecker
Partner
Rebecca Stubbs
Counsel
Mathias Stöcker
Counsel
Stella Sun
Associate
Hilary Sunghee Seo
Partner
Edward Taylor
Partner
Gregory Taylor
Associate
Katherine Teng
Associate
Daniel Thompson
Partner
Peter Tolson
Counsel
Alex Touma
Partner
Alexander Touma
Partner
Sami Toutounji
Partner
Sami Toutounji
Partner
Andrew Trahair
Partner, Global Head of Merger Integration
Beth Troy
Partner
Emanuele Trucco
Avv. Trucco is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets and M&A Groups who has considerable experience in Italian and U.S. transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions.
Sharon Trulock
Counsel
Cynthia Urda Kassis
Partner
Chloé Vialard
Associate
Fatou Waggeh
Associate
Xiaogang (Sean) Wang
Partner
James Webber
Partner
William E. White
Partner
Gideon Wiginton
Partner
Nick Withers
Partner
Patrick Wolff
Of Counsel
Leo Wong
Counsel
Wanda Woo
Partner
Elizabeth Wood
Associate
Dorina Yessios
Partner
Jennifer Younan
Partner
Sophia Zander
Associate
Bulat Zhambalnimbuev
Bulat Zhambalnimbuev is a partner and co-head of the Russian corporate practice. He has extensive experience of advising both Russian and foreign investors, including major Russian state-owned companies and multinational corporations, on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings, including both private and public offerings, general corporate and antitrust matters. Bulat's experience includes transactions in a wide range of sectors with a particular focus on TMT, oil and gas, mining, power and financial institutions.
Yi Zhou
Associate
Eugenio Zupo
Eugenio Zupo is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of the Milan office. He practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, he worked for the law firm of Prof. Augusto Fantozzi in Milan.
Barbara Zylberg
Counsel