Matthew (Matt) Sheridan > Sidley Austin LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

The team at Sidley Austin LLP is co-led by Charlie Wilson and Matthew Sheridan. Wilson stands out for his wealth of experience handling cross-border investments and M&A transactions involving Indonesia. With an expertise in capital markets, Sheridan recently advised on the PT Amman Mineral Internasional’s IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Alexius Chong is also noted for his capabilities concerning capital markets; he frequently assists clients such as issuers and underwriters.

A ‘market leader in the PRC property sector’, Sidley Austin‘s involvement for real estate companies on the Mainland on their primary issuances has now led to the team being very active on formal restructuring and liability management efforts, following well-publicized economic head winds impacting the sector. Combining ‘superb knowledge and experience in the context of market practice, with strong technical skills’,  Renee Xiong and Carrie Li are pivotal to this work, at times forming a part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-office team with lawyers on the Mainland and London. The team has also handled some notable new issuances outside of the property sector, with Li recently advising The Export-Import Bank of China on its $1.5bn bond issuance, the first time in several years it has returned to the overseas debt capital market to issue bonds publicly. Splitting his time between Singapore and Hong Kong, Matthew Sheridan leads the overarching Asia capital markets offering.

Sidley Austin LLP is a major player in Asia capital markets with two senior figures in Singapore; Asia capital markets head Matthew Sheridan and Manoj Bhargava. Sheridan has been at the forefront of high-yield debt in Asia Pacific over the last two decades and remains a force in the Greater China high-yield market. Bhargava is a leader in India equity and debt offerings, advising on 10 offerings for Indian companies in 2023. Elected to the partnership in 2022, Alexius Chong has built a fine reputation in Southeast Asia debt and equity transactions. With the depth of talent in the Singapore office, the firm has established itself across multiple debt and equity product areas, including IPOs, convertible bonds, investment grade debt, high-yield bonds, liability management, distressed debt restructurings and going private transactions. Key markets include Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In headline deals, the office advised on the largest IPO in Indonesia in 2023 (PT Amman Mineral Internasional) and the largest India IPO in 2023 (Mankind Pharma).