A&O Shearman’s offering regularly advises on M&A and foreign investments, while also handling equity and debt capital market work, notably including, block trades, IPOs, and regulatory capital. With a client base of global corporations and Philippine conglomerates, the firm’s banking and finance group is well-placed to advise on project financing mandates. Alun Evans focuses on cross-border M&A and joint ventures and Alexander Stathopoulos who has considerable experience advising on equity and debt securities. Vicki Liu is an integral member of the leadership team, acting for borrowers and lenders in a broad range of banking and finance transactions, while Giancarlo Sambalido represents issuers, underwriters, and credit enhancers in connection with asset-backed transactions and project financing in the energy sector. Sheila Ahuja is a key contact for international arbitration mandates.
Testimonials
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‘A&O Shearman is a full-service law firm. Not only does it provide legal services over a range of practice areas, but it offers a wide range of practice jurisdictions.’
‘The team at A&O Shearman is very approachable and responsive, regardless of time zones. They make it a point to engage with the client even outside the engagement.’
Key clients
- Republic of the Philippines
- Zuellig Pharma Holdings Pte. Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised EdgeConnex on its joint venture with Aboitiz to jointly acquire, develop, establish and operate data centre facilities and build a platform of carrier neutral data centre projects in the Philippines.
- Advised BDO Unibank, Inc. as sole mandated lead arranger and book-runner in relation to debt financing for the acquisition by Frontier Tower Associates of 3,539 telecom towers from Globe Telecom (Globe) in the Philippines.