Two step up at Shearman & Sterling

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Two step up at Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling has promoted two lawyers in the tax practice area to counsel.

Ethan Harris joined Shearman in 2002 and is based in the firm’s Washington office and has expertise in handling the tax aspects of M&A, joint ventures and spin-offs, as well as capital markets transactions.

Eileen O’Pray is based in the Palo Alto office and deals with supporting the firm’s eight offices in Asia, Canada and the Bay Area. She advises on structuring domestic and international M&A, international tax planning and the tax work on capital markets transactions.

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