M&A and Private Equity

Sidley has a preeminent global M&A and Private Equity practice comprised of more than 200 lawyers in 16 offices worldwide. We are engaged in the full spectrum of public and private M&A and private equity transactions of all sizes including deals such as the recent leveraged buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust by The Blackstone Group for $39 billion and the pending leveraged buyout of First Data Corporation by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) for $29 billion. Our clients include large and small companies, private equity funds and other financial sponsors, boards of directors, special committees, financial advisors and other participants in corporate transactions.

• SEC Proposes Revisions to the Tender Offer, Exchange Offer and Business Combination Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions
  May 21, 2008
• Draft Regulations Regarding Foreign Acquisitions in the United States
  May 5, 2008

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• Sidley Austin Elevates Four Lawyers to Partnership in Asia Pacific, 34 throughout Firm
  July 1, 2008
• Sidley Austin Elevates Two Lawyers to Partnership in Hong Kong, 34 throughout Firm
  June 24, 2008