London – Sidley is pleased to announce that Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak have joined Sidley’s Capital Markets practice as partners in London. They join from Latham & Watkins and follow the recent arrival of a team of five Global Finance partners, also from Latham & Watkins, including Jay Sadanandan and Sam Hamilton, global co-leaders of Sidley’s Leveraged Finance practice, as well as Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright, who, together with Mr. Colwell and Mr. Kwak, will represent an integrated leveraged finance offering for Sidley’s existing and prospective clients.
Mr. Colwell and Mr. Kwak advise clients on international capital markets, corporate finance transactions, and securities regulation, drawing on significant experience and a sophisticated understanding of the market to represent private equity sponsors, companies, and investment banks across Europe in connection with debt securities offerings and leveraged transactions.
“Scott and Pat bring substantial industry experience and add to Sidley’s ability to advise on high-yield and other capital markets solutions for sophisticated leveraged transactions,” said Brian Fahrney, chair-elect of Sidley’s Executive Committee and global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice group. “Scott and Pat will help enable us to service all of the financing needs for our existing and prospective sponsor clients in Europe and around the world, and I am excited to welcome them to Sidley.”
“Having worked closely with the Global Finance partners that recently joined us in London, Scott and Pat are well-known to a number of clients and they will have synergies with other Sidley teams as well,” said Tom Thesing, managing partner of Sidley’s London office and a member of Sidley’s Management and Executive Committees. “Their relationships with leading investment banks and experience representing bondholder groups adds to our capabilities and continues our trajectory of growth in the London office.”
Sidley’s Capital Markets team includes more than 290 lawyers around the globe located in key international financial and industry. The team represent issuers, underwriters, and other financial markets participants in structuring and executing securities transactions in all of the world’s major financial markets. Sidley’s lawyers regularly work on matters involving the securities regulators and the securities exchanges in those markets.
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