England - London • Corporate and commercial
Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP provides ‘high-quality advice’ to clients, leveraging its integrated European offering that combines English and Belgian law experience. The practice excels in handling multi-billion dollar, cross border deals, as well as providing strategic guidance in cartel investigations and market studies. The practice is led from the Brussels office by Ken Daly. The dual-qualified (English and Belgian) Patrick Harrison covers UK and EU matters, across merger control, advisory and investigations work. Vincent Brophy’s recent engagements include big-ticket transactions in insurance and employment sectors. The team has been strengthened by the arrival of counsel Murray Reeve from Slaughter and May.
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Testimonials
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‘High quality advice and client service. Subject matter experts. Consistently great to work with.’
‘Patrick Harrison - impressive, commercial and pragmatic.'
'Monika Zdzieborska is a strong senior managing associate.’
'Patrick Harrison is a pleasure to deal with, both professionally and personally. He works well with the clients and runs the meetings with a sure hand.'
Key clients
- Mastercard, Inc.
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Magna International Inc.
- Regal Rexnord Corporation
- Viterra Limited
- AT&T, Inc.
- IDEX Corporation
- Myovant Sciences, Inc.
- WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
- Prefere Resins
- OMERS Infrastructure Management, Inc. and Wren House
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners LLP
- TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P.
Work highlights
- Acted for Mastercard in relation to the first ever Competition Act investigation by the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”); and two ongoing parallel market reviews by the PSR in relation to: (a) Mastercard and Visa’s Scheme and Processing Fees; and (b) post-Brexit Interregional Interchange Fees for UK-EU transactions.
- Advised Regal Rexnord Corporation on merger control and foreign direct investment filings, as well as other antitrust-related aspects, in its $4.95bn acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Systems (Altra).
- Acted for Magna in relation to a number of deals, including its $1.5bn acquisition of camera and radar rival, Veoneer.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ken Daly