Ramy Wahbeh > Sidley Austin LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Sidley Austin LLP significantly bolstered its London private equity offering through the hire of Ramy Wahbeh and Kaisa Kuusk from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in June 2023, further strengthening the complex, cross-border M&A capability among its bench of advisers. Wahbeh heads up the practice alongside the London office’s Managing Partner Tom Thesing. Wahbeh and Kuusk are chiefly noted for their extensive work with Apollo Global Management as well as a number of its investment funds and portfolio companies. The duo join a team which also includes Adam Runcorn, who handles leveraged buyouts, investments, and debt and equity restructurings for a broad client base, particularly in the sports world.

Praised for its ‘high-quality, commercially driven advice’, Sidley Austin LLP bolstered its bench strength with the hires of James MacArthur and Ed Freeman from Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP in April 2023; both MacArthur and Freeman are noted for their expert knowledge of international markets. Alongside their global finance colleagues, the duo handle the full range of M&A, PE, joint venture, and debt finance mandates, working for both distinguished players and newly established funds. Further names to note include Ramy Wahbeh, who joined the firm from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in June 2023. Wahbeh is an experienced private equity specialist who regularly works with financial sponsors across a range of infrastructure-related M&A mandates. Emilie Stewart and James Crooks are both noted for their extensive debt finance expertise, as is Ben Thompson, who joined the practice in May 2024 from Travers Smith LLP.