Sidley Austin > Sydney, Australia > Firm Profile

Sidley Austin
LEVEL 10
7 MACQUARIE PLACE
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia

Australia > Capital markets Tier 4

Sidley Austin‘s Sydney-based capital markets team sits within the firm’s wider capital markets practice, with bases across Europe, Asia and the US, and has a subsequent focus on multi-jurisdictional work, providing US (and England and Wales) legal advice to Australian and New Zealand clients. Mimma Barila leads the team, with experience representing underwriters and issuers – particularly corporate entities and financial institutions. Barila is supported by Bruce Dailey, who is an expert in private placement debt transactions.

Practice head(s):

Mimma Barila

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘The Sidley Austin team are the best in market for USPP issuances out of Australia.’

‘Bruce Dailey is the go-to lawyer for any Australian-based company looking to issue into the USPP market. He knows all the key players in the US market very well and provides highly commercial and pragmatic advice. He cuts to the issues quickly and has helped us work through some highly complex matters.’

Key clients

Goodman Group

CSL Limited

Carsales.com

Air New Zealand

University of Melbourne

Abacus Property Group

Ryan Healthcare

Jervois Global

Orica

Tabcorp Holdings

Canberra Data Centres

University of Melbourne

Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure

Arc Infrastructure

Aurizon Holdings

ALS Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted for Goodman Property Services Pty Limited, a specialist global industrial property group, on the first sustainability-linked 144A bond by an Australian issuer.
  • Advised CSL Finance Plc, a leading global biotech company, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S senior notes offering, which raised US$4 billion to help fund the client’s $16.4 billion acquisition of Vifor Pharmer.
  • Advised Atlas Arteria Limited and Atlas Arteria International Limited, a global owner, operator and developer of toll roads, on their equity entitlement offer and placement of A$3 billion of ordinary shares pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

United States > International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy Tier 2

Chair of Executive Committee: Michael J. Schmidtberger

Chair of the Management Committee: Yvette Ostolaza

Number of lawyers worldwide: Over 2,300

Number of partners: Over 650

Asia Pacific Offices: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo

International Offices: Boston, Brussels, Century City, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington, DC

Firm Overview:

Sidley is one of the few international law firms to have continuously maintained on-the-ground capabilities to serve clients in Asia Pacific for 40 years. The firm now has approximately 230 legal professionals based in six offices across the region, and provides Singapore, US, Hong Kong, English and Japanese law advice to clients where and when they need it.

Main Areas of Practice:

      • Antitrust/Competition
      • Capital Markets
      • Energy and Infrastructure
      • Finance
      • Investment Funds
      • Life Sciences
      • Litigation, Arbitration, Trade & Advocacy
      • Mergers & Acquisitions
      • Private Equity & Venture Capital
      • Regulatory & Compliance
      • Restructuring & Insolvency
Photo Name Position Profile
Mimma Barila photo Mimma Barila Partner
Bruce Dailey photo Bruce Dailey Partner
Ted Murphy photo Ted Murphy Partner