North America - United States • Finance
A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman has a strong record in global offerings, advising a vast array of issuers and underwriters; it has particularly close connections to bulge-bracket investment banks. It continues to be amongst the leading firms in global bonds. For Canadian offerings, Jason Lehner is a key capital markets practitioner in New York, is head of the metals and mining practice, and also managing partner of the Toronto office. Hired from Linklaters LLP in August 2023, Alejandro Gordano is noted for ESG-related offerings across Latin America, including sustainability-linked bonds issued by sovereign states. Former partner and now of counsel Antonia Stolper remains active in Latin America deals. Grissel Mercado has left the firm.
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Key clients
- Academy Securities
- Ad Hoc Group
- Azul S.A.
- Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch
- Banco do Brasil S.A.
- Barclays
- Beacon Securities Limited
- BMO Capital Markets
- BNP Paribas
- BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
- BofA Securities
- Canaccord Genuity
- Casgrain & Company Limited
- CIBC Capital Markets
- Citigroup
- Citizens Capital Markets
- Commerzbank
- Credit Agricole CIB
- Credit Suisse
- Desjardins Capital Markets
- Deutsche Bank Securities
- Ecopetrol
- Fifth Third Securities
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- HSBC
- ICBC
- ING
- Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc.
- J.P. Morgan
- 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
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- RBC Capital Markets, LLC
- RBC Europe Limited
- Santander US Capital Markets LLC
- Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
- Scotiabank
- Societe Generale
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Stifel
- TD Securities
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Truist Securities
- UBS Securities LLC
- Wells Fargo Securities
Work highlights
- Represented the underwriters in connection with Eaton Corporation's $500m notes offering.
- Represented Ecopetrol in connection with a $1.5bn public notes offering.
- Represented the joint book-running managers in connection with Magna International’s $500m notes offering.
Lawyers
Leading lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ilir Mujalovic