North America - United States • Finance
A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman has an outstanding reputation in investment grade debt offerings, especially for underwriters, though with an established record in issuer-side engagements too. It continues to advise issuers and underwriters in headline and big-ticket debt offerings, including those in the financial services and asset management, energy and power, telecoms, healthcare and biotechnology sectors. With Canada-focused lawyers in New York and an office in Toronto, it is at the forefront of representing clients in bond offerings by Canadian financial institutions and other issuers. Lona Nallengara leads many of the firm’s top engagements and previously held senior positions at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ilir Mujalovic and Richard Alsop are also key partners, alongside Jason Lehner , who splits his time between New York and Toronto. Alejandro Gordano has joined from Linklaters LLP, while Grissel Mercado has left the firm. All other named partners are based in New York.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Key clients
- Academy Securities
- Accident Fund Insurance Company of America
- Barclays Capital
- Beacon Securities Limited
- BMO Capital Markets Corp.
- BNP Paribas
- BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
- BofA Securities, Inc.
- Canaccord Genuity
- CIBC Capital Markets
- Commerzbank
- Credit Agricole CIB
- CVS Health Corporation
- Desjardins Capital Markets
- Deutsche Bank Securities
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- Goldman Sachs International
- HSBC
- ICBC
- ING
- J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
- KeyBank Capital Markets
- Laurentian Bank Securities
- Loop Capital Markets
- Mizuho
- Morgan Stanley
- MUFG
- National Bank Financial Markets
- National Bank of Canada Financial Inc.
- PNC Capital Markets LLC
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- RBC Capital Markets
- RBC Europe Limited
- Santander US Capital Markets LLC
- Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
- Scotiabank
- SMBC Nikko
- Societe Generale
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Stifel
- TD Securities
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- The Chefs’ Warehouse
- Truist Securities
- U.S. Bancorp Investments
- Valvoline Inc.
- Wells Fargo Securities
Work highlights
- Represented the underwriters in connection with Amgen’s registered $24bn notes offering.
- Represented CVS Health Corporation on its $5bn bond offering in connection with its acquisition of Oak Street Health and on its $6bn bond offering.
- Represented the underwriters in connection with Lowe’s Companies Inc.’s $3bn notes offering.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ilir Mujalovic