Sidley Welcomes New Global Finance Partner Joshua Thompson in New York

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Thompson has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Global Finance group. Thompson was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was head of the firm’s Global Leveraged Finance Group and head of Private Capital.

Thompson has advised many of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions and borrowers on complex financing matters. He focuses his practice on acquisition financings and other leveraged lending, which includes leveraged buyouts, tender offers and other going private transactions. As a trusted counsel to lead arrangers, direct lenders and private equity sponsors, Thompson is highly involved in all aspects of structuring, negotiating and documenting these transactions. The breadth of his experience also extends to structured financings, asset-backed lending, second lien financings, mezzanine investment, restructuring, Chapter 11 plans and the acquisition of troubled companies.