Shearman & Sterling LLP

About Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling is a leading international law firm with over 900 lawyers providing a wide range of legal services through a network of 20 offices in the world's major financial centres. We have been advising many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and government organisations for more than 130 years. We are committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to its clients. This has resulted in our involvement in many ground breaking transactions in all major regions of the world. Our partner-driven, entrepreneurial and client-focussed approach enables us to provide integrated client services across many geographies and practices.

Nearly one half of Shearman & Sterling's lawyers practice outside the United States and are collectively fluent in more than 50 languages. The firm's lawyers practice US, English, French, German, Italian and EU law.

Shearman & Sterling's London office has been established for nearly 40 years. Today we are recognised as one of the leading international corporate and commercial law firms in London. We offer integrated English and US legal advice across a broad range of practices in the UK, Europe and elsewhere globally.

Our lawyers are acknowledged as market leaders who advise on innovative debt and equity capital markets transactions; cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory issues; acquisition, bank and structured finance, complex restructurings and refinancings, as well as derivatives transactions; groundbreaking project development and finance transactions; innovative solutions to legal and regulatory compliance issues relating to financial institutions; asset management; property development, investment and finance; employment law; and intellectual property. We offer an in-depth knowledge of European and UK competition law and our clients recognise our expertise and creativity in dealing with complex tax issues. To complement our corporate practices, our world-renowned international arbitration group and litigation team have represented clients around the globe, and dealt with a multitude of claims and contentious matters.

We work closely with our offices in the Americas, continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia to advise clients on the full range of corporate and financial transactions.

Our Offices

Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Menlo Park, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington DC