Sidley Austin LLP

For 160 years, Sidley has cultivated a tradition of, and commitment to, pro bono service. As our dedication remains strong, so does the impact of our pro bono efforts. In 2025, our lawyers and business professionals dedicated more than 160,000 hours to a wide range of initiatives, serving our clients and their communities worldwide.

Sidley represented New Height Energy LLC, a privately held oil and gas company focused on acquiring and improving assets, in connection with the financing for its acquisition of producing oil and gas assets in the Midland Basin. As part of the transaction, Sidley advised New Height Energy on a four-year senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility with Texas Capital Bank as administrative agent and a syndicate of lenders, which provides for maximum commitments of $300 million. Sidley also advised New Height Energy on securing equity commitments from current owners and a consortium of family offices led by United Beren Energy. New Height Energy’s pro forma net production after giving effect to the acquisition is expected to exceed 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, marking a transformative milestone in the company’s growth trajectory.   The Sidley RBL team was led by Herschel Hamner, and included Brad Giacone, William Hendrickson, and Nick Drake. The preferred equity team was led by Tim Chandler and Samantha Criswell Seley, with assistance from Caroline Speck. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g8RUZWA2.

Thomas Califano, a partner at Sidley, reflects on a nearly four-decade career in restructuring in the St. John's University School of Law Center for Bankruptcy Studies’ March Alumni Spotlight.   In the Q&A, Tom shares what drew him to the practice, why the human impact of the work continues to resonate, and his advice for law students building their careers.   Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/ghSgXxtg.

Sidley hosted its third Asia Legal Heads roundtable in Singapore last week, convening leaders from some of the world’s most prominent companies for a lively cross-industry discussion on the evolving adoption of generative AI across the legal landscape.   Led by Mutia Rivayanthi (Coca-Cola) and Darrell Chan (Airbnb), the roundtable brought together 23 Asia legal heads from organizations including Accenture, Exxon, HPE, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Novartis, Nvidia, SHIEN, Uber, and Zurich Insurance.   Sidley’s Leonard Ng, Yuet Ming Tham, Shu Min Ho, and Bill Tulin joined the discussion as participants shared their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of leveraging genAI to drive efficiencies and cost savings at their organizations.   A special thank you to Mutia and Darrell for lending their time to lead an such an insightful and timely dinner conversation — and to all our participants for contributing to this growing community of legal leaders in Asia.

Sixteen Sidley partners have been selected by Law360 to serve on its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards. In these roles, they will help shape the publication’s future coverage and provide insight across key areas of law.   Congratulations to the following Sidley lawyers: Kwaku Akowuah (Appellate); Meenakshi Datta (Life Sciences); Ranah Esmaili (Compliance); Sharon Flanagan (California); Dave Grubman (Mergers & Acquisitions); Teresa Wilton Harmon (Illinois); Tara Higgins (Energy); Stephanie Koh (Intellectual Property); Kevin Lewis (Transportation); Marketa Lindt (Immigration); Carrie Mahan (Competition); Yvette Ostolaza (Legal Industry); Kenneth Polite (White Collar); Amy Rubin (Benefits); Byron Taylor (Environmental); and Kristin Teager (Fintech). Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gYbCth3M.

Sidley advised the senior lender group in connection with the senior secured financing of nLighten, a pan-European data center platform backed by I Squared Capital, to fund its expansion across the UK.   nLighten provides customers and partners with access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe, with data centers designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage. This comes at a time of strong and sustained demand for regional data center capacity, an area in which Sidley is regularly advising on forefront transactions.   The cross-practice Sidley team was led by Global Finance partner Ben Thompson in London. The wider team included Adrienne Diu, Rory Miller, David Horan, Campbell Yates, James MacArthur, Beatrice McGuire, Steve Quinn, Fraser Tudor, and Ryan Power. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gbJ6R9TK.

On Monday, Sidley partner Tobias Loss-Eaton will make his Supreme Court Debut, representing a former Twitter employee in a case that could shape where federal prosecutors can bring criminal charges.   The case — focused on whether venue is proper in a district where no alleged conduct occurred — reached Tobias through the Carter G. Phillips/Sidley Austin Supreme Court Clinic at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he co-directs the program. He also authored the successful cert petition that brought the case before the Court.   Ahead of oral argument, Tobias spoke with Bloomberg Law about his path to appellate advocacy, his approach to preparing for his first argument at the lectern, and the collaborative effort behind the case.   Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gkruPzxx.

Sidley represented Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, payments, and digital financial services, in its US$450 million senior notes offering.   Robert Ryan led the deal team, which included Demetrius Watson and David Hoff. Suresh Advani and Marisa Gonzalez-Mabbutt advised on tax aspects. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gRQHRmWj.

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we remember Alice Bright, who became not only Sidley’s first woman partner but also the first woman partner at a major law firm in Chicago. Bright graduated second in her class from the University of Chicago Law School in 1941. After initially accepting a position in military intelligence in Washington, D.C., she was persuaded by Sidley partner Paul Harper to interview with the firm and joined shortly thereafter. In 1956, she became Sidley’s first woman partner. A trusts and estates lawyer, Bright advised many prominent Chicago families, including two generations of the Wrigley family.

Sidley represented Diversis Capital, a private equity firm focused on high-growth software and technology companies, in its acquisition of LTi Technology Solutions, a leading provider of equipment finance software. LTi Technology Solutions has more than three decades of experience developing technology that supports the equipment finance sector.   The Sidley team was led by Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek and Daniel Elefant. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gxhm586r.