Sidley Hires Co-Leader of Shearman’s Private Capital Group (1)

The co-head of Shearman & Sterling’s private capital industry group, Brien Wassner, has joined Sidley Austin in New York as a partner in its rapidly expanding M&A and private equity practice.

For nearly two decades, Wassner has worked with private equity funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, and other financial institutions and institutional investors on a wide array of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Those included leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, divestitures, carve-outs, and other corporate matters.

“New York is a big piece of the puzzle and Brien is a big piece of that puzzle and of that move in New York,” ...