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Sidley Austin

Deals
7
M&A
5
Equity raisings
2
Latest
Sep 2026
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What they do

Sidley Austin is a global law firm whose M&A practice acts for large and small companies, private equity funds and other financial sponsors. Its capital markets practice represents issuers, underwriters and other financial intermediaries.

Services
M&A law, Capital markets law
Specialties
energy, life sciences, real estate, consumer products, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, technology, media, telecoms, financial services, insurance, metals and mining
Kinds of deal
cross-border transactions
Deal size
Recorded deals: median A$598m, from A$183m to A$3.3bn
Clients
Corporates, Private equity

From sidley.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /en/services/ma, /en/services/capital-markets

Deals

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Deals Sidley Austin advised on, most recent first
Advisers
Sep 2026 ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE –Telix PharmaceuticalsMergerLegal adviser to Telix Pharmaceuticals (acquirer)Announced3,337.9Biotech and pharmaceuticals Morgan Stanley (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Centerview Partners (sell-side)Latham & Watkins (sell-side) Telix Pharmaceuticals and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE merger
Apr 2026 Safeway Concessions Platform Macquarie Asset ManagementVINCI HighwaysAcquisitionLegal adviser to Macquarie Asset Management (seller)Announced–Transport infrastructure Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (sell-side) VINCI Highways acquisition of Safeway Concessions Platform
Nov 2025 Nativo –Life360AcquisitionLegal adviser to Life360 (acquirer)Completed183.4Media, entertainment and online platforms Stifel (buy-side)Perella Weinberg Partners (sell-side)Cooley (sell-side) Life360 acquisition of Nativo
Aug 2025 DBG Health –BDT & MSD PartnersStakeLegal adviser to BDT & MSD Partners (acquirer)Completed1,600.0Biotech and pharmaceuticals Allens (buy-side)MinterEllison (sell-side) BDT & MSD Partners stake in DBG Health
Jul 2025 Life360 ––ConvertibleLegal adviser to the issuerCompleted511.0Software DLA Piper (issuer) Life360 equity raising
Jun 2025 Virgin Australia ––IPOLegal adviser to the issuerListed685.0Transport and logistics Gilbert + Tobin (issuer)Allens (lead manager)Goldman Sachs (lead manager)UBS (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Reunion Capital Partners (issuer) Virgin Australia IPO
Apr 2025 Bigtincan Holdings –Vector Capital Management, L.P.SchemeLegal adviser to Vector Capital Management, L.P. (acquirer)Completed183.0Software Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) Vector Capital Management, L.P. acquisition of Bigtincan Holdings

Listed on their website

  • Sidley Represents Savillex in Its Acquisition of Entegris’ Life Sciences Fluid Management Business 2026
  • Sidley Represents Fortune Brands in Its Sale of Fiberon 2026
  • Sidley Represents GE HealthCare in Its US$945 Million Acquisition of SOFIE Biosciences US$945 Million · 2026
  • Sidley Represents Qualcomm in Its Acquisition of PickNik 2026
  • Sidley Represents Five9 in Its US$325 Million Acquisition of Level AI US$325 Million · 2026
  • Sidley Represents Lumexa Imaging in US$462.5 Million Initial Public Offering US$462.5 Million · 2025

Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.

Activity

Deals by year
Sidley Austin: deals by year2025: 5, 2026 YTD: 2052025: 3 M&A2025: 2 Equity raisings520252026 YTD: 2 M&A22026 YTDM&AEquity raisings

By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.

Deals by sector
Sidley Austin: deals by sectorHealth care2Industrials2Technology2Telecommunications and…1

Sector of the business bought or funded.

Deals by size
Sidley Austin: deals by sizeA$100–500m2A$500m–1bn2A$1bn+2Undisclosed1

Disclosed value in Australian dollars.

Most often across the table

Firms advising the other side of the same deals.

Repeat clients

  • Life3602 deals

People on these deals

Offices and contact

Contact

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Offices

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