Juliette Aliker
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Juliette Aliker

Associate

Juliette advises on a broad range of corporate transactions including private and public M&A, private equity, equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance and shareholder activism.

Juliette is a member of the relationship team for a number of the firm’s FTSE 100 clients. She has also spent six months on secondment with our New York M&A team.

Juliette is active in the firm’s inclusion initiatives and pro bono work, and featured on the Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales in 2024 and 2025.


Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • American Axle & Manufacturing on its USD1.44bn recommended takeover offer for Dowlais Group plc.
  • Haleon plc on the divestiture of its Lamisil brand across 70+ jurisdictions to Karo Healthcare AB.
  • Shurgard on its GBP378m recommend cash offer for Lok’nStore plc.
  • Sumo Group plc on its recommended GBP919m takeover by Tencent.
  • Wittington Investments on the c. GBP4bn sale of Selfridges, De Bijenkorf, Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Europe.

Pro bono

  • Corporate advisory work to a global ophthalmologic charity.
  • A children’s cancer charity on the divestiture of certain assets to a UK-based cancer charity.
  • Mentoring young people through the firm’s award-winning Smart Start programme.
  • Mentoring young people through the firm’s Black Undergraduate Internship & Lawyer Development Programme.
  • Mentoring junior ethnic-minority colleagues through A&O Shearman’s REACH mentorship programme.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2023 

Academic

MA, History and Politics, University of Oxford, 2018 

LLM., Master of Laws, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2020 

GDL and LPC, BPP University, 2019 and 2021

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.