Timothy P. FitzSimons

TIM FITZSIMONS has more than two decades of experience representing clients in complex and high-stakes M&A transactions and corporate governance matters. He has advised buyers and sellers on deals totaling more than US$200 billion in value.

Tim’s broad transactional experience includes tender offers, carve-outs, cross-border transactions, stock-for-stock mergers, de-SPAC transactions, proxy fights, tender offers, distressed M&A, and corporate workouts. He also regularly represents special committees and independent directors in conflict-of-interest situations, including going-private transactions.

Tim represents clients across geographies and industries, including health care, life sciences, logistics, food & beverage, packaging, energy, entertainment, basic industrials, technology, hospitality, and financial services.

• United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) in the US$800 million sale of its UPS Ground Freight, Inc. to TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII).
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech in its US$46.8 billion merger with Roche Holding.
• CBOT Holdings in its US$12 billion merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (including the intervening unsolicited offer from InterContinental Exchange).
• Energy Transfer in its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Sunoco and in its $9.4 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company (including the competing offer from the Williams Group).
• Cardinal Health in its US$3.2 billion acquisition of The Harvard Drug Group.
• Conagra Brands in its US$10.9 billion cash and stock acquisition of Pinnacle Foods.
• PotashCorp in its US$38 billion merger-of-equals with Agrium.
• Orbitz in its US$1.2 billion sale to Cendant Corporation, and again in its $1.4 billion sale to Expedia.
• ITW in its US$3.2 billion sale of its packaging business (Signode) to The Carlyle Group, and The Carlyle Group in its US$4 billion sale of Signode to Crown Holdings.
• Syntel, Inc. in its US$3.6 billion sale to Atos S.E.
• Eli Lilly in its US$6.5 billion tender offer for ImClone Systems.
• Koch Industries family of companies in more than US$20 billion of transactions.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Tim serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sacred Heart Schools of Chicago and as a director for the Western Golf Association and Evans Scholars Foundation.

Tim served as legal counsel to the Chicago International Arbitration Center in connection with its formation and organization.