George Casey is global managing partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP and also served as global head of corporate and M&A, while continuing his fulltime practice. He regularly advises boards of directors and management on corporate governance and shareholder relations issues and has written and spoken extensively on current trends in corporate governance, ESG and shareholder activism. As an M&A practitioner, he has broad experience in U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, ranging from public company acquisitions to complex carve-out sales, strategic investments and joint venture transactions, representing many of the largest U.S. and non-U.S. corporate and investment banking clients. He combines a very diverse transactional and governance experience with a deep understanding of clients' businesses across the chemicals, healthcare, mining and metals, media, cable, technology and telecommunications industries. George regularly represents multinational corporate clients, including Anglo American, Celanese, Dow Chemical, GlaxoSmithKline, LANXESS, Liberty Global, LyondellBasell, Nokia, Novartis and Thomson Reuters as well as sovereign wealth funds. The American Lawyer named George a "Dealmaker of the Year" and "Transatlantic Corporate Dealmaker." In addition to his work with clients, George is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he teaches a course on mergers and acquisitions. He is also a regular lecturer on U.S. M&A and corporate governance at l'École de Droit de la Sorbonne - Université Paris I. George is a member of the board of trustees of the American College of Greece.