Sidley Austin has picked up a pair of partners from Shearman & Sterling, Nathan Greene and Jay Baris, as the Chicago-founded firm continues its growth in New York.
The addition of Greene and Baris to Sidley’s investment funds group comes on the heels of the arrival of Joshua Thompson, the leader of Shearman’s global leveraged finance practice and head of private capital last week. Sidley also picked up Brien Wassner, co-leader of Shearman’s private capital group, in November.
Baris and Greene had been practicing at Shearman for some time, but jointly decided they wanted to join Sidley because ...