Aerospace and defense

A&O Shearman’s lawyers are trusted advisors to many of the world’s leading aerospace and defense suppliers and contractors, who face an increasingly complex – and often contradictory – regulatory environment as well as significant global supply chain risks.

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We advise our clients on data privacy, cybersecurity and intellectual property matters, as well as providing sophisticated counsel on complex commercial transactions; M&A; financing and capital markets deals; foreign direct investment and CFIUS; sanctions, trade, and export controls; white collar defense and investigations; litigation; and arbitration.

Our clients benefit from our market-leading public international law team, which comprises lawyers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. We help our clients engage with public law entities, navigate state regulatory regimes, and execute complex cross-border transactions, as well as acting on some of the largest and most complex investor-state disputes in the market.

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