盛德卓越的全球并购团队由全球20个办公室超过200名律师组成。
本所全面参与各种规模的公开和私人并购交易，参与怡安翰威特 (Aon Corporation of Hewitt Associates) 公司的收购项目、联合利华 (Unilever) 对雅碧涛 (Alberto Culver)的收购项目、卡特彼勒 (Caterpillar) 对比塞洛斯 (Bucyrus) 的收购项目、古根海姆资本 (Guggenheim Capital) 对 Security Benefit Life 的收购项目, GE 对德莱赛 (Dresser) 的收购项目、以及纽克雷斯特矿业 (Newcrest Mining) 与 LGL 的合并项目。本所的客户包括大型和小型公司、私募基金和其他金融投资者、董事会、专门委员会、财务顾问及企业交易的其他参与者。本所的客户包括大小公司、私募基金及其它金融保荐人、董事会、特别委员会、财务顾问及公司交易中的其它参与方。
盛德的并购业务之所以能够在其它领先的律所中脱颖而出，是因为本所是一家提供全方位服务的律所，并在多个执业领域拥有丰富经验的律师，从而进一步充实及提高了本所的交易经验。例如，本所在卫生保健、生命科学、保险、房地产、对冲基金、房地产信托基金、电信、能源、贸易与世贸组织规则、美国反垄断与欧盟竞争法、劳动与就业法，以及企业治理、高管薪酬、美国《雇员退休收入保障法案》与联邦法、国家与诸多海外税务服务。此外，我们依托本所顶尖的并购诉讼业务律师，并与他们密切合作。
与其它律所仅指派初级公司律师进行大型尽职调查不同，本所指派对熟悉并购目标公司经营业务的律师，以协助我们的并购律师分析相关商业问题。此外，这些盛德律师协助公司律师起草及谈判特定的陈述及约定条款，使这些量身定做的交易协议区别于为标准化的格式协议。很少律所能像我们这样为并购客户提供具有如此广度和深度的资源。
What differentiates Sidley’s M&A practice from that of other leading “M&A law firms” is that we are a full-service firm with experienced lawyers in numerous practice areas that complement and enhance our deal experience. For example, we have top-ranked practices in areas as diverse as healthcare, life sciences, insurance, real estate, hedge funds, REITs, telecommunications, energy, trade and WTO rules, U.S. antitrust and EU competition, and labor and employment law, as well as corporate governance, executive compensation, ERISA and Federal, state and many foreign tax practices. We also draw upon and work closely with lawyers in our top-ranked M&A litigation practice.
Unlike many firms that simply assign junior corporate lawyers to large due diligence exercises, we are able to deploy lawyers well versed in the legal aspects of an acquisition target’s businesses to assist our M&A lawyers in analyzing those businesses. Moreover, these Sidley lawyers assist our corporate lawyers in drafting and negotiating the specialized representations and covenants that distinguish the appropriate transaction agreement from the typical form agreement for a standard “widget” company - because there are very few standard “widget” companies out there. Few law firms have the breadth and depth of resources that we make available to our M&A clients.