Allen & Overy Tags
A&O takes 2 partners from JWS for tech transactions practice
Global law firm Allen & Overy has moved to strengthen its technology, telecommunications, and intellectual property...
22 April 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Antitrust environment ‘increasingly tough’ for dealmakers in Australia
A new report has revealed the impact antitrust authorities had on M&A in 2023, showing that prohibited transactions...
22 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
A&O Shearman names first senior leaders
The new combined entity consisting of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, A&O Shearman, has unveiled the...
05 March 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
NRF cyber team, including 2 Aussie partners, joins A&O
Global law firm Allen & Overy has appointed a five-strong international partner team of cyber security incident...
09 February 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
A&O projects partner relocates to Sydney
Global law firm Allen & Overy partner David Christensen, who operates in the firm’s projects, energy, natural...
16 January 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allen & Overy, Shearman & Sterling merger approved
The partnerships of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have “overwhelmingly” voted in favour of a merger...
17 October 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Alternative legal services providers: The future of legal work?
As client demands grow amid global economic turbulence, firms are being forced to be more efficient and innovative than...
20 September 2023
By Lauren Croft
Tech’s threats and challenges for legal workplaces
Technology and managing a multigenerational workforce have been revealed to be the biggest threats to firm culture...
09 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
Allen & Overy records FY23 revenue of £2.1bn, up 7%
International law firm Allen & Overy has recorded £2.1 billion in revenue for the last financial year, a seven per...
19 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
Allen & Overy, Shearman & Sterling to merge
Global law firm Allen & Overy will be merging with US-headquartered BigLaw firm Shearman & Sterling to be a...
22 May 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
When will global firms publish gender pay gap data?
New legislation requires the gender pay gap data of Australian businesses with 100 or more employees to be published....
09 May 2023
By Lauren Croft
Promotions season is starting: What’s hot in law this week (24-28 Apr)
In spite of the Anzac Day public holiday, it’s been a busy week for legal news. Here is your weekly round-up of the...
29 April 2023
By Lawyers Weekly
3 Aussies make partner at A&O in global cohort of 36
Global law firm Allen & Overy has unveiled a cohort of 36 lawyers joining its partnership worldwide, including...
27 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Global antitrust space looks ‘uncertain’ in 2023
As new legislative policies come into play and authorities employ innovative and creative ways of exercising their...
11 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
Allen & Overy hires chatbot lawyer, ‘Harvey’
Global law firm Allen & Overy is partnering with “Harvey”, an artificial intelligence platform, to assist its...
20 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Bakers hires senior associate from A&O as new partner
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed a new partner for its banking and finance practice, who was a senior...
17 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allen & Overy names new Perth managing partner
Global BigLaw firm Allen & Overy has named a new managing partner for Perth, who takes over from Geoff Simpson...
12 January 2023
By Lauren Croft
A&O adds leveraged finance partner from HSF
Global law firm Allen & Overy has moved to bolster its leveraged finance practice with the appointment of a new...
14 December 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
PEP at A&O hits $3.42m
Global law firm Allen & Overy has released its annual results for the year ending 30 April 2022, in which...
15 July 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
The changing ‘climate’ of litigation in Australia
Companies should reconsider disclosure requirements in the wake of an evolving litigious landscape, write Jason Gray,...
21 June 2022
By Jason Gray, Anna-May Berry and Brittany Ryan