A key port of call for sponsors, borrowers, and public companies, Sidley Austin LLP is particularly well-regarded in the automotive, financial services, and healthcare sectors. The firm is also noted for its expertise in the financing aspects of acquisitions and dividend recapitalization transactions, leveraged financing, and liability management transactions. The practice is jointly overseen by Dallas-based Angela Fontana who is well-versed in debt restructuring and investment-grade lending, and New York-based Leslie Plaskon. Also operating out of New York, Nicholas Schwartz counts corporate and private equity borrowers on his client roster, and Dallas-based Kelly Dybala is highlighted for her capabilities in mezzanine financing work.
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Key clients
- Amazon
- Ardent Health Partners, LLC
- Arsenal Capital Partners
- Bessemer Investors
- Buyers Edge Platform, LLC
- Carlyle
- ChrysCapital
- Clearlake Capital Group
- Francisco Partners
- Generac Power Systems, Inc
Work highlights
- Advised Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital Group on the financing for their acquisition of Software Integrity Group (SIG) from Synopsys, Inc.
- Advised Casa Systems, Inc and certain of its affiliates, on financing connected to their Chapter 11 restructuring.
- Advised Clearlake Capital and Insight Partners on the financing for their acquisition of Alteryx, Inc.
Lawyers
Practice head
Angela Fontana; Leslie Plaskon
Other key lawyers
Nicholas Schwartz; Kelly Dybala; Julie Ann Rosenberg Lamm