Nick Withers > A&O Shearman > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The corporate practice at A&O Shearman offers a ‘high quality’ and ‘seamless service’ to clients across a range of sectors including financial services, retail, life sciences, gaming, engineering and information management. The practice has a strong international footprint and this has been further strengthened with the opening of a new office in Boston. The team regularly assists listed corporates in an array of matters including acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments, restructurings, risk management, carve outs and asset sales. Team head Dominic Morris specialises in domestic and international M&A, equity offerings, privatisations, public takeover bids and joint ventures for outbound US corporates. Richard Browne regularly handles public takeover bids, auctions and other purchases for clients. Public takeover expert Seth Jones, previously seconded to the Takeover Panel, has acted in market leading public M&A transactions. Entrusted by UK plcs and North American clients to assist with public and private M&A and equity capital markets in the financial services and infrastructure space is Richard Evans. ‘Go-to’ lawyer in the life sciences sector, Matthew Appleton,  energy and natural resources  specialist John Geraghty and financial institutions focused Duncan Bellamy , whose recent engagements include advising the Royal Bank of Canada on the acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada, are also recommended. Corporate finance expert Claire Coppel and Alex Tilley handle a range of corporate transactions and advise on corporate governance matters. Annabelle Croker and the very experienced David Broadley and Jeremy Parr are other key lawyers. Harsh Pais joined the London team in August 2022 to head the India Corporate practice, bringing energy, technology and financial services expertise and experience from working in the New York and Indian M&A markets. Following the merger with Shearman & Sterling, the team now includes Paul Strecker, who is qualified to practice in England & Wales, New York, California and Hong Kong, as well as Nick Withers and Maegen Morrison.