Sidley Austin continues to build on its private equity ambitions with the announcement it has picked up Davis Polk & Wardwell counsel Oren Gertner in New York.
Chicago-founded Sidley over the past 12 months has invested heavily in its private equity practice, luring lawyers from firms including Cooley, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Milbank.
The firm has added about 20 private equity lawyers in the past 12 months and 10 since the start of the year, a firm spokeswoman said.
Sidley, a 2,000-lawyer firm last year brought in $2.2 billion in revenue and had profits per equity partner ...
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