Sidley is representing affiliates of media and communications private equity firm ZMC in its acquisition of Simpler Trading. Simpler Trading is an Austin-based company that provides a platform for interactive online education for individual traders and investors.
The Sidley team is being led by Payom Pirahesh, Luke Ashworth, Zachary Shub-Essig, and Cat Zhang (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Dan Clivner, Karin Baca, Eric A. Marshall, and Kate McMahon (Private Equity); Angela Fontana, Banks Bruce, Robert Charles Davidson, Mary Kathryn Field, and Alejandro Ruiz (Global Finance); Rachel D. Kleinberg, Jonathan M. Westreich, and Eric M. Grosshandler (Tax); Russell G. Weiss and Dusan Clark (Technology and IP Transactions); Karen Kazmerzak and Jamie M. Sadler (Antitrust/Competition); Christian E. Pilhofer (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Maureen M. Crough and Allen S. Braddock (Environmental); Alexandra M. Peterson (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Scott J.F. Goldstein and J.P. Hong (Insurance); Eric G. Hoffman and Vera M. Iwankiw (Labor and Employment); Ash Nagdev and Mark Prior (Privacy and Cybersecurity); and Keith Hayden Del Prete, Elizabeth K. McCloy, Samuel Deddeh, Jared R. Feldman, and Jonathan H. Koh (Real Estate).
