What they do
A&O Shearman is a global law firm formed in 2024 from the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. It advises companies, investment funds and financial institutions on M&A, capital markets, finance and related matters, including from offices in Australia.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Banking and finance law, Private equity law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- Energy, Life sciences, Technology, Financial services
- Kinds of deal
- Cross-border transactions, Takeover defense
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$814m, from A$35m to A$3.6bn
- Clients
- Corporates, Investors and funds, Government and not-for-profit
- Places served
- AU
- Founded
- 2024
From aoshearman.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /en, /en/expertise/ma-joint-ventures-and-corporate-reorganization-services, /en/global-coverage/asia-pacific
Deals
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4 of 4 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
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| Aug 2026 | JBS Australia (JBS group's Australian and New Zealand protein and food business) | JBS Group | Danantara Investment Management | Stake | Legal adviser to PT Danantara Investment Management (acquirer) | Pending | 3,562.3 | – | MinterEllison (sell-side)De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (sell-side) | Danantara Investment Management stake in JBS Australia (JBS group's Australian and New Zealand protein and food business) |
| Jul 2026 | Thiess | Elliott Advisors | CIMIC Group | Stake | Legal adviser to Elliott Advisors (seller) | Completed | 1,180.0 | Mining services and equipment | CIMIC Group stake in Thiess | |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Strategic Materials | – | Energy Fuels | Scheme | Legal adviser to Australian Strategic Materials (target) | Completed | 447.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Moelis & Company (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Dentons Canada (buy-side)Dorsey & Whitney (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)KPMG | Energy Fuels acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials |
| Nov 2025 | Lake Johnston Project | Horizon Minerals | Forrestania Resources | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Horizon Minerals (seller) | Announced | 35.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Wallabi Group (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Lake Johnston Project |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Goldman Sachs
1 dealCompare - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer1 dealCompare
- Dentons Canada1 dealCompare
- Dorsey & Whitney1 dealCompare
- Bell Potter
1 dealCompare - MinterEllison
1 dealCompare - De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
People on these deals
All 15 people →- Calvin Koay 1 deal
- Claire Lye 1 deal
- Daniel Harris 1 deal
- David Walter 1 deal
- Dhruti Tummalapalli 1 deal
- Georg Luetkenhaus 1 deal
- Hugh Mathison 1 deal
- James Mythen 1 deal
- Jane Glancy 1 deal
- Joshua Tryon 1 deal
- Kendra Turner 1 deal
- Michael Chernick 1 deal
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- aoshearman.com/en ↗
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Perth Level 12, Exchange Tower, 2 The Esplanade, WA 6000 +61 8 6315 5900 Office page ↗
- Sydney Level 15, 33 Alfred Street, NSW 2000 +61 2 9373 7700 Office page ↗
- West Perth Level 1, 146 Colin Street, WA 6005 +61 8 6315 5900 Office page ↗