Sidley represented TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. (TowerBrook) in its majority equity investment in Demakes Enterprises, LLC. (Demakes). TowerBrook is a purpose-driven, transatlantic investment management firm that has raised a total of US$22.8 billion to date. Demakes is a fourth-generation family business that offers branded and private label products and sells to national and independent retail and foodservice customers.
The Sidley team was led by Private Equity partners Brien Wassner and Cameron Stanton as well as senior managing associate Emily Hunter, along with Global Finance partner Kelly Dybala and counsel Mark Adler.
The team also included: Daniel Rawner, James Park, Joshua Rim, and Miles Curry (M&A and Private Equity); Swathi Farina, Hana Muwaqet, Kyle Gromann, and Alexander Waddell (Global Finance); Edward Sharon and Ali Sarwari (Antitrust); Eric Wolf, P.C. Wang, and Amanda Casanueva (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Maureen Crough, and Sarah Jehl (Environmental); Diane McEnroe, Julea Lipiz, and Kevin Sforza (Food, Drug and Medical Device); Scott Goldstein (Insurance); Eric Hoffman and Sara Salmonson (Labor, Employment and Immigration); Alan Charles Raul, Mitchell Noordyke, and Sasha Hondagneu-Messner (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Beatriz Azcuy, Katherine Medianik, and Connor Evans (Real Estate); Christian Brause and Dustin Anderson, (Tax); Stephen Abreu, Dusan Clark, and Sabrina Glavota (Technology and Life Science Transactions).
