Sidley Austin LLP, Banking & Finance

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For more information on the practice, please visit the practice's page at: https://www.sidley.com/en/services/banking-and-financial-services/

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Texas

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Sidley Austin LLP has a strong group of experienced banking and finance practitioners. Handles both borrower-side and lender-side transactions. Offers expertise in an array of areas, including asset-based debt finance, syndicated and leveraged finance and a range of structured finance transactions. Strong roster of clients includes leading banks, private equity funds and government bodies.

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Work Highlights

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Sidley Austin represented RenaissanceRe in its acquisition of a reinsurance business from AIG.

Strengths

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"Sidley's team is very knowledgeable, proactive and able to distill complicated issues down."

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

"The team is great at being responsive and thoughtful."

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

"Sidley's team is very knowledgeable, proactive and able to distill complicated issues down."

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

"The team is great at being responsive and thoughtful."

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

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Angela L Fontana

Band 1

Angela Fontana continues to be recognized as a leading light in the market, highlighted for her experience in handling complex domestic and cross-border financings.

"Angela is a pleasure to work with and she's very commercial."

"An incredible lawyer who knows the market well."

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Paris Theofanidis

Band 1

Paris Theofanidis regularly advises his roster of household-name lender clients on financings in the oil and gas space.

"Paris is one of our go-to lawyers. He's very accessible, very knowledgeable and responsive."

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Kelly M Dybala

Band 2

Kelly Dybala offers a wealth of commercial finance expertise, with recent experience in investment-grade and secured lending. She is best known for her representation of borrowers.

"She's really talented and one of the smartest lawyers I've ever worked with."

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