Sidley Austin LLP announced that Sumita Ahuja has joined the firm’s Global Finance Practice as a Partner in Sidley’s office in New York. She joins from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP in New York.
Ms. Ahuja’s practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, lead banks, and financial institutions across a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She has extensive experience advising on syndicated and direct lending transactions, as well as secured and mezzanine financings, acquisition and bridge financings, refinancing facilities, and other bespoke capital solutions. Ms. Ahuja offers strong technical experience across a wide spectrum of financing matters, including sophisticated cross-border transactions.
“Sumita’s track record advising on complex, high-stakes financing and restructuring matters makes her a natural fit for our global finance practice. Her experience with sophisticated clients and transactions should allow for an immediate and seamless integration,” said Brian Fahrney, Sidley’s Executive Committee Chair. “Following Jeff Ross’s recent arrival, adding another senior New York-based partner of this caliber further deepens our bench and strengthens our ability to scale the platform both in New York and across the firm.”
“Sumita brings a compelling combination of cross-border restructuring experience, and valuable capabilities that position us to better serve clients on international transactions,” said Nancy Chung, Managing Partner of the New York office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Executive Committee. “She is a strategic addition who we expect will enhance existing client relationships while also driving new opportunities in complex financing and restructuring work.”
Ms. Ahuja’s arrival follows Sidley’s addition of more than a dozen Global Finance partners in the last 24 months, including Kat Molnarova in Washington D.C.; Jeff Ross, Leah Edelboim, Ji Hye You, and Chris Jackson in New York; Evan Palenschat in Chicago; Jeremy Trinder, Tania Bedi, Sam Hamilton, Joseph Kimberling, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Jayanthi Sadanandan, Ben Thompson, and Ben Wright in London; Parker Zangoei in San Diego; and Ike Chidi and Peter Burke in Century City.
Sidley’s Global Finance group is a destination practice for high-value, complex financings across a broad spectrum of platforms, industries, and asset types. The firm is consistently recognized as having one of the world’s leading finance practices, with more than 200 lawyers practicing across a wide variety of industries.
