Led from London by Jane Glancy and supported by lawyers based in key financial centres throughout the firm’s extensive international network, A&O Shearman‘s global loans team combines international legal insight with strategic expertise to assist investment-grade corporates and top banking clients. As well as regularly handling major refinancing and general corporate lending facilities, the team also regularly advises on the debt finance associated with many of the market’s biggest ticket public M&A transactions. Greg Brown, who led on this transaction, has also been at the vanguard of work in the sustainable financing space, helping to shape the use of the product which has become an increasingly commonplace feature of syndicated loan transactions. David Campbell is also very effective at advising on investment-grade financings, as well as excelling in advising on the financing for cross-over corporate credits, in both cases very effectively implementing new technology to streamline transactions. The ’technically excellent’ Oleg Khomenko provides ‘practical and commercial’ advice to borrowers and lenders on general corporate lending and event-driven-financings, including in the context of emerging markets transactions. Dominique Crowley is also recommended. 
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The breadth of practice is market leading.’
  • ‘Oleg Khomenko is technically excellent and provides practical and commercial advice.’

Work highlights

Advised BAE Systems plc on its proposed $5.55bn Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from US packaging giant, Ball Corporation.
Advised Shurgard Self Storage on its £378m recommended cash takeover offer for UK-listed company Lok’nStore Group plc.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Greg Brown
David Campbell

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Jane Glancy

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Dominique Crowley

Practice head

Jane Glancy

Other key lawyers

Nicholas Clark; Denise Gibson; Greg Brown; David Campbell; Oleg Khomenko; Dominique Crowley