A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman remains a dominant force in the Singapore capital markets arena, building on its high standing across the equity and debt product range. Along with its depth of talent at senior, middle and junior levels, the firm has a breadth of Singapore, English and US law expertise. Moreover, it has an established corporate trust and agency offering. The firm’s commitment to Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific region has given the Singapore office further access to multiple markets, including Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. It has close connections to financial institutions and corporates and is seeing a further uptick in engagements from Indian issuers and sovereign issuers, including the Republic of Indonesia, along with additional sustainability-linked bond offerings and Sukuk issuances. Notably, the firm has achieved further equity capital markets engagements in a slow market and is at the forefront of initial public offerings (IPOs) in India. Aloysius Tan has made a further impression in green and sustainability-linked bonds, while Felipe Duque has a breadth of capital markets expertise, which includes major sovereign offerings. Tim Beech is head of the Asia Pacific corporate trust and agency team. Pallavi Gopinath Aney (‘exceptional legal acumen’) is co-head of the India group and is highly acclaimed for India debt and equity offerings. Jaclyn Yeap is also noted for green, social and sustainability-linked bonds and for capital markets offerings across Greater China and Asia Pacific. Andrew Schleider retired from the firm in 2024, and Alexander Stathopoulos has since left the firm.