A&O and Shearman reveal new combined logo as part of mega merger plans
Magic Circle and US firms announced plans to combine on Sunday
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have unveiled a combined logo as part of yesterday’s news they are set to merge to create a global mega firm.
Magic Circle firm A&O teamed up with US firm Shearman & Sterling, it was confirmed on Sunday, to create the third largest integrated law firm in the world. The new firm will be known as Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, or A&O Shearman.
Now it has revealed its new logo (below), which retains elements from both their old ones, namely A&O’s font and Shearman’s dark palette, though it’s green (not black) in colour.
It’ll be known as A&O Shearman for short, yesterday’s joint press release confirmed, but that didn’t stop speculation among our readers, with ‘ASS-O’ among one of the memorable suggestions.
A look at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) database shows a website has been set-up for ‘aoshearman.com’ as of yesterday.
The firm said the merger, which is subject to customary closing conditions including a partner vote, was “driven by clients’ needs for a seamless global offering of the highest quality”. It will bring together 3,900 lawyers across 49 offices and approximately £2.7 billion in combined revenues.
Here’s how the firms compare in terms of pay and other metrics, according to our Firms Most List:
| Category | Allen & Overy | Shearman & Sterling |
| Training contracts | 90 | 15 |
| Trainee pay (Year 1) | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Trainee pay (Year 2) | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| NQ pay | £125,000 | £145,000 |
| PEP | £1,950,000 | £2,530,000 |
| Offices | 43 | 25 |
| Countries | 29 | 16 |
It is unclear at this stage what A&O Shearman’s trainee and newly qualified (NQ) rates will be.
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16 Comments
Spenny
That logo is absolutely mid, they got finessed by a BTEC graphics designer
Anon
How much did a marketing agency get paid for that abomination?
Anon
ICANN also shows that allenoveryshearman.com was registered on May 21 2023
Jorge
On a Sunday… that should be a day for family and church. What a dire state of affairs – some people need to get their priorities straight.
Anonymous
Clearly you’re new here
Anon
Also interesting to note is that Allen & Overy applied for the following Trademarks on that day:
1. A&O Shearman
2. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling
anon
I like the merger but… that logo?! It looks drunk. Really awful.
Shineo
‘I like the merger’. You need to go touch grass
Anon
Am I the only one who actually likes the logo?
Logorhythm
Nope, I like it too. Especially in white on the dark green background.
I also like the tiny yet symbolic detail that design-wise, the new ampersand is a combination of A&O’s and S&S’s current ampersands.
Anonymous
Obviously no one is going to say “A
Embarrassing
Which lucky Spring vac schemer got this task?
gonzo
looks pwopa shet lmaoooooo
Graphic Designer
Old Shearman logo was class, what a loss
Monty
Old Shearman logo looked like that of a mid beach resort chain
Artiste
It’s not so much a logo as simply writing the firm’s name in New Times Roman on white background.