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Sidley Austin LLP represented National Western Life in its $1.9 billion all-cash strategic acquisition by an affiliate of Prosperity Li.
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The firm is fast, extremely thorough and strikes the right balance between conservative/academic and commercial/realistic advice.
The Sidley team is fun to work with and you know they are on your side at the most critical time in a transaction.
Sidley is well versed in working between jurisdictions and high-level issues are always resolved quickly.
The firm is fast, extremely thorough and strikes the right balance between conservative/academic and commercial/realistic advice.
The Sidley team is fun to work with and you know they are on your side at the most critical time in a transaction.
Sidley is well versed in working between jurisdictions and high-level issues are always resolved quickly.
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Perry Shwachman is frequently called upon by insurance industry and other corporate clients for representation in high value transactions. He is global co-leader of Sidley Austin's M&A and private equity practice.
Perry is easily the strongest in this area. He's very much top of the pile.
Perry Shwachman is in a league of his own when it comes to insurance M&A and is involved in transactions at every stage of a transaction to ensure nothing is missed and adds value at every level.
Perry has a tremendous sense of perspective and keeps everything moving.
Amanda is great. She connects us with whoever we need to be connected with.
Amanda is pragmatic and very knowledgeable.
Michael provides advice in a straightforward manner that is objective and not tailored to what he thinks his client wants the answer to be.
Michael has a very strong command of what is market and what are practical solutions to complex issues.
He is approachable, available, a great listener and someone who helps me to think ahead on things.
Sean Keyvan represents clients in the insurance and financial services industries in complex matters relating to mergers, acquisitions, sales and enterprise formations. He heads the global insurance M&A practice at Sidley Austin.
He's helped us with a lot of really complex work; he's really good.
He is pragmatic, technically strong and has a deep understanding of the insurance market. He has seen a lot.
Sean is superbly commercial, yet keenly defensive of our positions. He is also creative and thoughtful in terms of negotiating with counterparties.
Sean has a very strong business acumen, a capacity to follow complex business issues and is a very good listener. He knows when to make his points, but he doesn’t get bogged down on trivial items.
He strikes a good balance between providing legal advice and being commercially aware.
He is one of the leading counsel for coverage trials and has a wealth of experience.
Anthony Ribaudo brings experience handling large cross-border acquisition-related matters.
Anthony is an outstanding transactional lawyer with strong private equity and insurance knowledge.
Sean Carney co-leads the firm's global insurance group and has notable expertise advising on high value insurance transactions.
Sean deftly handled difficult circumstances in a manner that helped us reach a deal that both sides wanted but could have been lost.
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