Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP is highly regarded by clients for having ‘the most experience working with US Private Placements and DCM of anyone in the market’, alongside maintaining a strong focus on advising investment-grade corporates and financial institutions. Practice leader David Howe has extensive experience acting for issuers, underwriters, and trustees on a wide range of European and Asia Pacific-focused capital markets transactions, including regulatory and hybrid capital instruments, equity-linked products, and other liability management transactions. David Stewart has a diverse cross-border debt and equity capital market practice, including complex transactions involving publicly traded securities, both in the US and internationally; and Omar Shafi– renowned for his ’excellent legal skills’- supports lead managers and issuers in relation to bonds issued by financial institutions, corporates, and sovereigns. Todd Gilbert is another key member of the practice.