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Cybersecurity:

The changing threat

and risk landscape

Cyber issues are seldom out of the news, 
from ransomware attacks and espionage to 
non-malicious outages that cause widespread concern. Organizations need to protect themselves against both current and future 
risks and threats. That’s where our cyber team comes in.

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Merger a triumph of project management

As project management goes, it doesn’t get much more complicated than guiding two elite law firms through the biggest merger in the 
legal sector for more than two decades. 

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There was never any doubt that the partners at Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling would agree to the merger. The question was what 
their level of enthusiasm would be for combining two firms of such long and storied heritage. 

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Texas is a huge state with a huge economy, 
and it is now enjoying further strong growth 
fueled by an influx of domestic companies and foreign investors. And where there is growth, 
there is opportunity. 

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The importance of the Lone Star state is neatly summarized by Doreen Lilienfeld, co-managing U.S. partner, who says: “We see Texas playing a crucial role in our expansion and strategic aim of offering a global service to our clients.” 

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One year into A&O Shearman’s global 
charity partnership with Women for Women International, the support across the firm is helping women survivors of war and igniting 
their ambitions. 

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A&O Shearman is halfway through its two-year global charity partnership with Women for Women International (WfWI), and tangible results of our involvement are being seen from Iraq to Sudan, Rwanda, Bosnia, Ukraine and beyond.