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Sidley Austin LLP Offices
70 St Mary Axe
London
EC3A 8BE
England
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London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
Lauded as a ‘strong, deep team with cross-border capabilities, commercial knowledge, and excellent client service‘, Sidley Austin LLP handles a steady volume of sponsor-side deals, both domestic and cross-border. A flurry of lateral hiring activity saw Ramy Wahbeh join as co-head of the global PE practice, arriving from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in June 2023. Wahbeh came from the firm along with Kaisa Kuusk, noted for capabilities in pan-European transactions. Adam Runcorn‘s transactional pedigree sees him working on high-profile deals in the sports, tech, and professional services sectors. Other names to note include Paul Dunbar, whose broad focus encompasses infrastructure, transportation, and healthcare, and Robert Darwin, who specialises in life sciences work. Tony Downes – who joined the team from Proskauer Rose LLP in July 2022 – is also recommended. Fatema Orjela left the firm to join McDermott Will & Emery in April 2024.
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- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Real estate > Property finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting