{"id":133606,"date":"2025-09-19T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/19\/to-succeed-in-the-us-ao-shearman-must-give-partners-a-compelling-reason-to-stay-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:21:57","slug":"to-succeed-in-the-us-ao-shearman-must-give-partners-a-compelling-reason-to-stay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/19\/to-succeed-in-the-us-ao-shearman-must-give-partners-a-compelling-reason-to-stay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To Succeed in the US, A&amp;O Shearman Must Give Partners a Compelling Reason to Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With steady departures from legacy A&amp;O and more ex-Shearman partners on the market, the merged firm&#8217;s U.S. offices face headwinds in unifying the partnership under a shared vision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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