Equipped to handle both the transactional and regulatory elements of M&A, Sidley Austin LLP’s scope of work extends to corporate financing, shareholder activism, proxy fights, and hostile takeovers, primarily within the life sciences and insurance industries. In Chicago, Brian Fahrney and Paul Choi are proficient in drawing up innovative M&A deal structures and handling cross-border public and private M&A, respectively. Los Angeles-based Dan Clivner covers private equity deals in the media and entertainment sector, Houston-based Mark Metts focuses on acquisitions for private equity clients and corporate reorganizations, and Sharon Flanagan oversees cybersecurity M&A from the team’s San Francisco office. All named individuals collectively lead the firm’s practice.
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Key clients
- Allkem Limited
- Avid Technology, Inc.
- Darling Ingredients, Inc.
- Dover Corporation
- International Game Technology PLC
- Novant Health, Inc.
- Regal Rexnord Corporation
- RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.
- Walgreen Boots Alliance, Inc.
Work highlights
- Represented Allkem Limited in its $10.6bn all-stock merger of equals with Livent Corporation.
- Representing International Game Technology PLC in the $6.3bn divestiture of its Gaming & Digital business, which began as a combination with Everi Holdings.
- Representing Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. in its $4.4bn ale of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile US, Inc.
Lawyers
Practice head
Brian Fahrney; Dan Clivner; Paul Choi; Mark Metts; Sharon Flanagan