Global firm Sidley Austin has welcomed Eleanor Shanks to its M&A and private equity practice in London.
Eleanor has been a partner with Proskauer Rose since 2016, and has also formerly worked with Dentons, Norton Rose, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She advises on a wide range of private equity and corporate transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and disposals, real estate, infrastructure and life sciences transactions, and joint ventures. Other areas of expertise include shareholder arrangements and managed equity plans, co-investments, and corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Tom Thesing, managing partner of Sidley’s London office, said: ‘Eleanor is one of the most respected private equity lawyers in London and highly regarded for her work across the European transactional market. She has also been recognized as one of the leading women private equity lawyers in Europe. Her arrival supports our strategy to continue diversifying our team and investing in key practices that support industry sectors like life sciences, infrastructure, real estate and financial services, sectors in which Sidley is historically strong.’
