Stephen E. Hessler joined Sidley as the global practice leader of the restructuring group. He will be based in the firm’s New York office and joined after almost two decades at Kirkland & Ellis.
Anthony Norris and Christopher Rile joined Sidley Austin in New York as partners in its global M&A and private equity practice. They joined from Ropes & Gray, where they were both partners in the firm’s private equity transaction group.
Chicago-based law firm Sidley Austin hired Ankur Gupta, Sam Wales and Ben Kirschner as partners and Krista Kay Lewis as an associate in its global M&A and private equity practice.
Century City, a private equity team led by Mehdi Khodadad, has joined Sidley Austin from Cooley.
Kenneth J. Baronsky joined law firm Sidley Austin as a partner in its Corporate group in Century City, CA.