A&O Shearman was formed in 2024 via the merger of two historic firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. With nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets.
This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. A firm that advises at the forefront of the forces changing the current of global business and that is unrivalled in its global strength.
Our clients benefit from the collective experience of teams who work with many of the world’s most influential companies and institutions, and have a history of precedent-setting innovations.
Together our lawyers advise more than a third of NYSE-listed businesses, a fifth of the NASDAQ and a notable proportion of the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext, Euronext Paris and the Tokyo and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
On 9 July 2014, an Order was made and published which will bring
into effect, on 25 July 2014, certain provisions of the Financial
Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 relating to the conduct of
persons working in the financial services sector. The Order paves
the way for the PRA and FCA to consult on rules and statements of
policy on the regulation of senior management, the certification of
certain employees of financial institutions, the applicability of
rules of conduct to all employees of financial institutions and the
extension of the limitation period for imposing sanctions. The
regulators are expected to consult on these issues before the end
of 2014.
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