Sidley Adds Team Led by Private Equity Partner Mehdi Khodadad in Century City and Washington, D.C.
21 May 2019 - 10:08AM
Business Wire
A highly regarded private equity team led by Mehdi Khodadad has
joined Sidley Austin LLP from Cooley LLP, where Mr. Khodadad led
that firm’s private equity practice. The team consists of Mr.
Khodadad, partners Josh DuClos and Eric Kauffman, counsel Stacy
Crosnicker and several associates. Mr. Khodadad, Mr. DuClos and Mr.
Kauffmann are in Sidley’s Century City office, while Ms. Crosnicker
is in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Khodadad and Mr. DuClos represent corporations and
entrepreneurs along with their private equity and venture capital
sponsors in matters related to private and public financings,
mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, leveraged
buy-outs, cross-border and other related private equity
transactions. While their practice spans many industries, they are
particularly active in technology and healthcare. Clearlake Capital
Group is a long-standing client.
“Mehdi and his team are a force in the private equity market and
their reputation as trusted advisers to Clearlake and a number of
peer firms is widely recognized,” said Dan Clivner, co-leader of
the firm’s global M&A and Private Equity practice and managing
partner of the greater Los Angeles offices. “They have embraced the
opportunity to join Sidley and merge their extraordinary legal
talent, creativity and client relationships with our growing global
team. We look forward to partnering together in L.A. and around the
world.”
Mr. Kauffman concentrates on labor and employment matters,
providing strategic support to the technology and life sciences
sectors and their private equity and venture capital sponsors. He
advises on a wide array of matters, including transactional
matters, mergers and acquisitions (both buy-side and sell-side),
financings, spinoffs and divestitures, and corporate
structuring.
Ms. Crosnicker counsels private equity clients and their
portfolio companies on issues related to employee benefits that
arise in mergers and acquisitions, and guides employers through the
transition of employee benefits. She designs and implements equity
incentive plans and other compensation arrangements for private and
public companies.
The addition of Mr. Khodadad and his team to the firm’s M&A
and Private Equity group follows the notable hires of Ken Baronsky
in Greater Los Angeles and Adam Weinstein, Tony Feuerstein and John
Butler in New York, all within the last twelve months. These hires
continue Sidley’s demonstrated commitment to growing its M&A
and Private Equity practice across key markets.
“Our recent recruiting success is the result of a very
intentional push to become a dominant player in private equity,”
said Brian Fahrney, global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A and
Private Equity practice. “We’ve grown our global practice
significantly in recent years, adding talent, resources and gaining
critical client work. Sidley is a leading global firm with
long-standing strengths in the energy, life sciences, insurance,
technology and media industries.”
With 2,000 lawyers in 20 offices around the globe, Sidley is a
premier legal adviser for clients across the spectrum of
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