Peter McCorkell
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Labor, Employment and Immigration
PETER McCORKELL advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment and employee benefits matters, with a focus on multinational corporate and financial services clients.
He regularly advises HR and Employee Relations teams, and in-house employment lawyers on strategic HR planning, policy drafting and implementation, complex grievance and disciplinary issues, discrimination, immigration, and employee terminations. He also advises on executive service agreements and compensation, long term incentive plans, and regulatory remuneration issues, such as those introduced under the Capital Requirements Directive.
Peter has significant experience in employment litigation, including complex discrimination claims, and works with clients to provide bespoke training programs.
Peter’s recent experience includes advising:
- Goldman Sachs on its investment in tech platform LumApps.
- Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a leading supplier of gaming terminals in the UK, on the proposed transformational acquisition of the Gaming Technology Group of Novomatic UK Ltd.
- TowerBrook in its sale of Metallo, a metal recycler and refiner, to Aurubis AG.
- eBay Inc. on its acquisition of Motors.co.uk from Cox Automotive Relation Solutions.
- TowerBrook on its investment in the GBA Group, a UK-based vehicle logistics business servicing the global automotive and shipping industries.
- WEX Inc., a leading financial technology service provider, in connection with its planned acquisition of EG Group Limited’s GO Fuel Card business.
He also provides support to Sidley’s Corporate group, advising on the employment law and employee representation and consultation issues that arise in the context national and cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining Sidley, Peter trained and worked as a barrister in Northern Ireland, worked in the employment department of a major Scottish firm, and worked as an in-house employment lawyer of a global payment services company.
Experience
- Representative Matters
Further recent experience includes advising:
- PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk on the takeover offer by a wholly owned subsidiary for Ophir Energy plc.
- Cincinnati Financial Corporation on its acquisition of Beaufort from Munich Re.
- Apollo Global Management on its US$2.6 billion acquisition of publicly traded Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.
- Gilde Buy Out Partners in its investment in Caseking, a leading supplier of high-performance PC gaming equipment and peripherals.
- Archer Daniels Midland on its acquisition of Probiotics International Limited, a UK-based provider of probiotic supplements for human, pet and production-animal use.
- KKR on its investment in OutSystems, the global leader in low-code rapid application development, as part of a US$360 million investment round (together with Goldman Sachs).
- Five Arrows Principal Investments in its sale of and co-investment in Datix, a patient safety and risk management software company.
- TransUnion on its acquisition of Callcredit, which was named “Private Equity Deal of the Year (Over $1B)” by The M&A Advisor at the 11th Annual International M&A Awards.
- Blackbaud, Inc., the world’s largest non-profit cloud software company, on its acquisition of UK-based online fundraising services provider, JustGiving.
- Buckthorn Partners on its acquisition of TWMA Group Limited, a drilling waste management and solutions provider.
- An overseas company on the remuneration policy requirements under the Listing Rules and UK Corporate Governance Code to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.
- A global payment services institution on the introduction of regulatory bonus caps in the Netherlands and changes to bonus structure by the Central Bank in Russia.
- A global payment services institution on the impact to its compensation structure of the bonus caps under the Capital Requirements Directive IV.
*Some of these matters were handled by Peter prior to joining Sidley.
Capabilities
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Scotland (Solicitor)