Private Equity Partner Eleanor Shanks Will Join Sidley in London

Sidley Austin LLP announced that Eleanor Shanks will join the firm in London. She will be a member of Sidley’s global M&A and Private Equity practice. Shanks formerly worked at Proskauer Rose LLP.

In a release, the firm said Shanks’ practice includes private equity and corporate transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and disposals, real estate, infrastructure and life sciences transactions, and joint ventures. She also advises clients in shareholder arrangements and managed equity plans, co-investments, and corporate governance and general corporate matters. Her clients include private equity sponsors, investors and funds, financial institutions, corporates and management teams.