J David Stewart > Latham & Watkins > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Sidley Austin LLP is known for its ‘customer focus, tailor-made solutions and attention to client-specific needs and circumstances‘. The practice led by David Howe is adept in investment-grade deals for corporate and financial institution issuers, though it is increasingly active in non-investment grade for private equity sponsors, and debt restructurings. Todd Gilbert is the firm’s lynchpin for issuer-side US private placement transactions in Europe. Though predominantly active in high yield debt, Alan Grinceri handles a broad range of New York law, European and Asian debt offerings. Gilbert and Grinceri recently handled a $760m restructuring exercise for a global customer relationship management and business process outsourcing service provider. The ‘sharp-witted‘ Omar Shafi is a key adviser to some of the firm’s flagship corporate and bank clients. He worked with Howe to assist a global soft drinks company with English and New York law issues concerning the issuance of €700m in notes. Nigel D.J. Wilson retired in 2023. The team has been recently bolstered with the hiring of David Stewart from Latham & Watkins.