Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sidley Austin LLP said Thursday that it is guiding a £450 million ($571 million) investment by U.S. firm Stonepeak in British breakdown cover giant the Automobile Association to fund its growth and innovation.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 4, 2024

A veteran private equity attorney has joined Sidley Austin LLP's mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice in New York from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he told Law360 in a Thursday interview that he will continue representing large cap private equity firms amid an anticipated uptick in both platform acquisitions and (..)

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Sidley Austin LLP has hired an energy, transportation and infrastructure partner to join the firm's New York office, after working with Allen & Overy LLP for almost three years, the firm announced Monday.

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 1, 2023

A longtime Sidley Austin LLP partner who co-led that firm's antitrust and competition practice has joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's litigation department.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CalSTRS Escalates Efforts to Hold Global Companies Accountable for Not Adequately Disclosing Climate Change Risks Posted by Rebecca Forée, and Aeisha Mastagni, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, on Friday, August 25, 2023 Tags: Board of Directors , CalSTRS , Climate change , Proxy season SEC’s New Rules on Use of Data Analytics by (..)

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 5, 2023

power company Invenergy and Canadian firm CDPQ, in a deal led by Sidley Austin LLP and Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. The European Union has approved the $1.5 billion acquisition of four renewable energy companies by a consortium of investors, including Blackstone Inc.,

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 24, 2023

Sidley Austin LLP has hired a mergers and acquisitions specialist with experience in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as a partner in its New York office from White & Case LLP, as the firm seeks to strengthen its presence in the Middle East.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Sidley Austin LLP has added to its Century City, California, office a partner who co-founded Cooley LLP's Shanghai office and headed that firm's corporate practice, the firm has announced.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A former in-house attorney and director at Japanese investment giant SoftBank has returned to private practice at Sidley Austin LLP as a mergers and acquisitions partner in San Francisco, the law firm announced on Tuesday.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

London-headquartered private equity firm Cinven on Tuesday reached an agreement to acquire tax software business TaxAct from tax and financial services group Blucora Inc. for approximately $720 million, in a deal steered by Ropes & Gray LLP, Haynes and Boone LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 27, 2022

Investment firm Clearlake Capital Group LP announced Monday that it will sell Brightly Software Inc., both led by Sidley Austin LLP, to technology company Siemens AG for $1.875 billion.

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Law 360 M&A

JULY 13, 2022

Sidley Austin LLP is growing its private equity practice in Miami with the addition of a new partner and three senior associates, continuing a recent wave of hiring for the firm in the city.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 22, 2022

Nichol, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, April 18, 2022. Remarks by Commissioner Crenshaw at Symposium on Private Firms. Tags: Accounting , Accounting standards , Cash flows , Firm valuation , Investor horizons , Long-Term value , Management. Ten Questions to Ask Before Joining a Public Company Board of Directors.

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Equity Marketability Technology 205

Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 29, 2022

Posted by Katie LaVoy, Sidley Austin LLP, on Friday, July 22, 2022. Can We Trust the Accounting Discretion of Firms with Political Money Contributions? Tags: Corporate culture , Diversity , ESG , Firm performance , Human capital , Innovation. A Board’s Guide to Oversight of ESG. Evidence from U.S.

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Banking Equity Technology Marketability 204

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Gregory, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Tags: Bank loans , Covenants , Disclosure , Federal Reserve , Public firms , U.S. Griffin (Villanova University), Greg Nini (Drexel University), and David C. Smith (University of Virginia) , on Friday, November 4, 2022. Posted by Holly J.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 29, 2022

Posted by Ranah Esmaili, Victoria Anglin, and Marie Fang, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Tags: Innovation , Institutional Investors , Labor markets , Reputation , Tech companies , Venture capital firms. Posted by Ting Xu (University of Virginia), on Monday, April 25, 2022. Posted by Amy D. Roy, William T.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 25, 2022

Reeb, Sidley Austin LLP, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Tags: Books and records , Delaware articles , Delaware cases , Delaware law , DGCL Section 220 , Equity-based compensation , Firm valuation , Information asymmetries , Information environment , Stock options , Tech companies , Unicorns. Posted by Yolanda C.

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Equity Appraisal Compliance Technology 189

Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The nightmare for any law firm is a “partner run,” a domino-style collapse that can turn a temporary downturn into a liquidation in months. Reform efforts in the legal profession to open up law firms’ rigid governance structure could reduce partner run risk but could also open the profession to a host of new hazards.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 18, 2022

Nichol, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, April 18, 2022 Editor's Note: Sara B. Nichol is senior managing associate at Sidley Austin LLP. This post is based on a Sidley memorandum by Ms. Posted by Sara B. Brody and Jason T. Brody is partner and Jason T. Brody, Mr. Nicol, and Thomas A.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Statement by Chair Gensler on Agreement Governing Inspections and Investigations of Audit Firms Based in China and Hong Kong. Posted by Kai Liekefett, Derek Zaba, and Leonard Wood, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, August 29, 2022. Farkas, Sidley Austin LLP, on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Posted by W.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Posted by John Kelsh, Claire Holland, and Christine Duque, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, February 12, 2024 Editor's Note: John Kelsh is a Partner, Claire Holland is Special Counsel, and Christine Duque is a Senior Managing Associate at Sidley Austin LLP. This post is based on a Sidley memorandum by Mr. Kelsh, Ms.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 12, 2022

Posted by Kai Liekefett, Derek Zaba, and Leonard Wood, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, August 8, 2022. Tags: Compensation disclosure , Disclosure , Earnings announcements , Equity-based compensation , Executive Compensation , Firm performance , Incentives , Information environment , Pay for performance. Mirvis, David A.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 15, 2022

Posted by Robert Velevis and Natalie Piazza, Sidley Austin LLP, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Tags: Asset management , Climate change , Environmental disclosure , ESG , Greenwashing , Institutional Investors , Materiality , Private firms , Securities regulation , Spinoffs , Sustainability. Posted by Theodore N.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 27, 2023

53] Undoubtedly, shareholder proposal requirements adopted through private ordering will capture the attention of proxy advisory firms. If a firm disapproves of a company’s requirements, it could recommend voting against the election of one or more members of the company’s board. 30] See supra note 23. [31]

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