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• Wachtell, Shearman head up $50bn Merrill takeover

  Sep 16 2008 Elite US firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling have taken the lead advisory roles on the $50bn all-stock sale of banking giant Merrill Lynch to... more

• Shearman lands key role on Dresdner Bank sale

  Sep 08 2008 Just months after losing its 30-lawyer Mannheim office, Shearman & Sterling has been handed the mandate to advise the insurer Allianz on the sale of Dresdner Bank to... more

• Shearman and Sullivan lead on Dresdner Bank sale

  Sep 02 2008 New York leaders Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged top roles on insurance giant Allianz’s €9.8bn sale of Dresdner Bank to German rival Commerzbank. more

• Shearman & Sterling advises on $4bn Sempra credit deal

  Aug 24 2008 Shearman & Sterling recently represented the lead arrangers in three separate credit facilities totaling over $4 billion for Sempra Energy subsidiaries. The firm... more

• O’Melveny Asia M&A head Puff joins Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 Former O’Melveny and Myers’ Asia head of M&A practice Gregory Puff has rejoined global law firm Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Puff was an... more

• Shearman, Wachtell lead on $19bn chemicals sale

  Jul 15 2008 Shearman & Sterling has taken the lead role alongside Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz on a chemical company acquisition worth approximately $18.8bn. US chemical giant Dow... more

• Shearman & Sterling Strengthens India Practice

  Jun 12 2008 The international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP has been strengthened with the hire of Sidharth Bhasin a leading India specialist. He joins as counsel, based at the... more

• Freshfields, Clifford Chance, Shearman lead €2.4 bn Evonik sale in Germany

  Jun 09 2008 International trio Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance (CC) and Shearman & Sterling are leading the €2.4bn sale of a 25.01% stake in Evonik Industries; the... more

• Salary reviews - Freshfields leads Magic Circle

  May 11 2008 Following the recent salary reviews, RollOnFriday has published a detailed "Table of Dosh" currently including City law firms such as Shearman & Sterling, Freshfields,... more

• Shearman Eliminates General Counsel Post

  May 04 2008 Shearman & Sterling has eliminated the job of its full-time general counsel, John Shutkin. The firm hired Shutkin in 2004 from KPMG International, where he had been... more

• Shearman newly-qualified salaries in London shoot up to £80k

  Apr 30 2008 Shearman & Sterling is the first firm in the City to announce annual pay increases for trainees and associates with newly-qualified lawyers now earning £80,000. Senior... more

• Shearman Germany decimated in Mannheim walk-out

  Apr 23 2008 US firm Shearman & Sterling has lost an entire German office, with its 30-lawyer Mannheim team splitting off to form an independent firm. Nine partners from... more

• Shearman & Sterling in top-level management shake-up

  Apr 20 2008 Shearman & Sterling is to make a number of changes to its senior management structure, streamlining its main decision-making body and appointing New York bankruptcy... more

• A&O scoops Shearman global M&A chief Rolf Koerfer

  Jan 11 2008 Allen & Overy has raided Shearman & Sterling for its global co-head of M&A for its Düsseldorf office in the latest high-profile move in the German market. Hans Rolf... more

• Shearman throws down high-yield gauntlet with City raid on Latham

  Dec 23 2007 The rivalry between US firms' finance teams was heightened last week with Latham & Watkins high-yield London partner Jacques McChesney defecting to Shearman &... more

• Skadden snares German Shearman partner

  Dec 23 2007 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from US rival Shearman & Sterling.... more

• Shearman bolsters London with raid on Latham

  Dec 13 2007 Shearman & Sterling has snared a high yield finance partner from US rivals Latham & Watkins’ London office. Jacques McChesney, who has been based in the London office... more

• Shearman & Sterling promotes lucky 13 to partner

  Dec 12 2007 Shearman & Sterling has promoted 13 to the partnership across its global network. The New York headquarters has received the most promotions at three, while in London... more