Sidley Advises Gates Industrial Corporation on Redomiciliation to Bermuda

Sidley represented Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES) in its redomiciliation from England and Wales to Bermuda through a statutory scheme of arrangement approved by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. The scheme, detailed in a definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 27, 2026, had previously been approved by shareholders on June 25, 2026. The common shares of the new Bermuda company, Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd., began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 20, 2026 under the same ticker, “GTES.”

The cross-practice deal team was led by James Wood, Ed Perry, and Reuben Zaramian (M&A); Adam Gross and Sara Von Althann (Capital Markets); Corey Perry and Christian Pilhofer (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Sarah Lainchbury (Commercial Litigation and Disputes); and Azad Assadipour (Investment Funds); and included Rob Ryan, Prabhat Mehta, Katie Klaben, Demetrius Watson, and Kristen Mitsinikos (Capital Markets); Sophie Stevens, Jiries Elias, Elizabeth Buescher, Arthur Adler, Jessica Li, and Amy Jang (M&A); Lindsay Fisher-McFarland (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Victor Pianowski (Commercial Litigation and Disputes); Neil Horner and Sajid Ahsan (Global Finance); and Benjamin Nager (Securities Enforcement and Regulatory).