Following the merger of Allen & Overy LLP with Shearman & Sterling LLP in May 2024, A&O Shearman has solidified its position as a market-leading financial services advisory and regulatory practice, housing a team of ‘seasoned professionals with extensive experience’ across the full gamut of mandates. Counting global banks, asset managers, market infrastructure providers and other financial institutions among his key roster of clients, Bob Penn jointly leads the team alongside Barney Reynolds, who maintains a strong track record advising on mandates concerning UK and EU regulation. Ben Regnard-Weinrabe has ’unrivalled knowledge’ of fintech, payments, cryptoassets, retail banking and consumer finance, and Damian Carolan is an expert in derivatives and securities regulation, while Kate Sumpter advises on regulatory-driven structural change projects for international banks. Other key contacts in the group include ‘exceptional’ Nick Bradbury, who is noted for his expertise in digital and cryptoassets regulation, Thomas Donegan, fintech regulatory specialist Nikki Johnstone and Nadia Pascal.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Nick Bradbury is solutions-oriented and highly commercial in his approach. Client engagement and responsiveness is exceptional.'
- 'Greg Talbot is very practical and client focused.’
Key clients
- UK Finance
- SwapAgent Ltd.
Work highlights
- Advised a bank syndicate comprising BNP Paribas, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets on the European Investment Bank’s inaugural issuance of sterling-denominated digital bonds, also marking the first public issuance on HSBC Orion, HSBC’s tokenisation platform.
- Advising Société Générale on its business combination with AllianceBernstein, concerning their equity brokerage and equity research businesses.