Sidley is representing Apex Clearing Holdings LLC (Apex), in its proposed business combination with Northern Star Investment Corp. II (NYSE: NSTB), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in a transaction with an enterprise value of approximately US$4.7 billion.
Apex is the parent company of Apex Clearing Corporation, a custody and clearing engine that’s powering the future of digital wealth management, and Apex Pro, a trusted clearing partner to broker-dealers, ATS’s, routing firms, professional trading firms, hedge funds, institutions, and emerging managers.
The Sidley team is being led by Jeffrey Smith, Ryan Scofield (M&A and Private Equity), and Mike Heinz (Capital Markets), and includes Chris Abbinante, Jocelyne Kelly, Jack Zeringue, and Grant Ellis (M&A and Private Equity); John Schaff and Katharine Funkhouser (Tax); Lauren Gallagher, Corey Perry, and Karim Pirani (Employee Benefits); Teresa Reuter and Vera Iwankiw (Labor); Ash Nagdev and Michael Roberts (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Anna Remis and Ryan Rutledge (Technology and IP Transactions); Karen Kazmerzak, Elizabeth Chen, and Miriam Silvestri (Antitrust); and John Sakhleh (Securities Enforcement and Regulatory).
