Sylonda E. Lang

SYLONDA LANG received her J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, in philosophy from Spelman College.

Prior to joining Sidley, Sylonda worked as a Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Graduate Fellow at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

• Publicly traded International Game Technology PLC in connection with its US$6.3 billion sale of its Global Gaming and PlayDigital Businesses to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and the related acquisition by such funds of Everi Holdings Inc.
• Publicly traded International Game Technology PLC in connection with its US$6.2 billion spin-off of its Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses and the combination of those businesses with Everi Holdings Inc. (terminated).
• Ryan Specialty Group in connection with its US$1 billion acquisition of US Assure and its acquisition of All Risks, Ltd.
• Accelera by Cummins in its joint venture with Daimler Truck, PACCAR and Eve Energy Co., Ltd. to manufacture battery cells for electric commercial vehicles (expected investment of US$2–$3 billion).
• Publicly traded automotive manufacturer in a carveout acquisition of a developer and manufacturer of engine braking and valvetrain technology.
• Mastercard in connection with its acquisition of Dynamic Yield, a state-of-the-art personalization platform and decision engine company, from McDonald’s.
• Henkels & McCoy Group Inc., a large U.S. private electrical power transmission and distribution utility services firm, in its US$600 million sale to MasTec, Inc.