ELIZABETH BUESCHER focuses her practice on complex business transactions, including M&A and private equity investments, as well as corporate governance and securities compliance matters.
Prior to joining Sidley, Liz worked in corporate risk management at a global aerospace and defense company. Liz also has experience working in financial risk management at one of the largest global automotive companies.
Liz received her J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. While in law school, Liz was treasurer of the Student Bar Association and an executive editor of the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. Liz also participated in the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center, where she assisted small businesses with various legal matters. Liz was also a Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Fellow at Illinois Legal Aid Online.
Liz received her A.B. from Brown University with a double concentration in Economics and Public Policy and American Institutions.
Managing Associate
Elizabeth A. Buescher
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Representing Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) in the US$4.4 billion sale of United States Cellular Corporation’s (NYSE: USM) wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS), including a combination of cash and up to approximately US$2 billion of assumed debt.
- Representing Gamma Biosciences, a life sciences platform established by KKR to address the advanced therapy bioprocessing market, in its US$600 million sale of Mirus Bio to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (XTRA:MRK).
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Illinois
Education
- Northwestern School of Law, J.D., 2021 (cum laude)
- Brown University, A.B., 2012