Sidley represented One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle-market private equity firm and partner with KBR in portfolio company Brown & Root Industrial Services (Brown & Root), in Brown & Root’s acquisition of Specialty Welding and Turnarounds, a leading turnaround, cooling tower, and industrial catalyst services provider. The transaction positions Brown & Root as one of the largest specialty welding and turnaround services providers in North America.
The Sidley team was led by Brien Wassner and John Godfrey (M&A and Private Equity), and Steven Rutkovsky and Shneur Wolvovsky (Global Finance), and included Adrian Zhang and Jeremy Wiener (M&A and Private Equity); Robert Patow, Shaobin Zheng, and Thomas Power (Global Finance); Patrick Harrison, Mary Marks, Bethany Wise, Dominique Vletter, and trainee solicitor Emily Baker (Antitrust and Competition); and Rachel Kleinberg and Andy Lau (Tax).














