Sidley Represents Jefferies in Its Investment in Hildene Holding

Sidley represented Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in its commitment to invest into Hildene Holding Company, LLC, the parent of Hildene Capital Management LLC and its affiliates, a credit-focused asset manager with over US$18 billion of assets under management. The commitment is coincident with Hildene signing a definitive agreement to acquire SILAC Inc., the parent company of SILAC Insurance Company, a provider of fixed indexed annuities.

The Sidley team was led by Benson Cohen (Investment Funds) and Michael Devins (Insurance and M&A), and included Andrew Holland, John White, and Sharon DiPrinzio (Insurance); Brian Bowman, Ben DeVore, and Talbott Paulsen (Investment Funds); John Schaff (Tax); and Xi Zhao (M&A).