Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Mathew Eapen has joined the Boston office as a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Eapen was an Investment Funds partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Mr. Eapen’s practice focuses on advising private investment funds, particularly venture capital, growth equity, and technology- and healthcare-focused funds, and emerging companies on all aspects of their business, including capital raising, investment activity, and other operational and transactional matters. He also represents alternative asset managers in strategic investments and M&A, joint ventures, fund restructurings and continuation funds, and other complex transactions.
“Mat leads complex transactions involving some of the most sophisticated sponsors, and he has developed deep connections with his clients,” said Michael Schmidtberger, Sidley’s Executive Committee Chair. “His venture and growth equity fund clients will benefit from Sidley’s capabilities in financing, investment, and portfolio company work, as well as digital health and healthcare, life sciences, energy, and fintech regulatory work. We will continue to invest in our premier funds practice in 2025.”
“The Boston market is a key priority area for Sidley, and Mat will help bolster our funds and life sciences practices here,” said Liz Fries, managing partner of the Boston office, global leader of the firm’s Investment Funds practice, and a member of Sidley’s Executive Committee. “Mat will work closely with Shane Goudey as they serve emerging companies and VCs and help expand the venture and growth equity sector of our Investment Funds Group on both the East and West Coasts.”
Sidley has a premier, global practice in structuring and advising asset management businesses. The Investment Funds practice group serves virtually every type of investment fund and asset manager, as well as many other market participants. The core team of approximately 130 corporate, securities, and derivatives lawyers dedicated to investment funds, investment management, and derivatives work worldwide, works closely with colleagues in our sophisticated tax, benefits, regulatory, enforcement, and other related practices, who have deep asset management experience and capabilities.
The strength of the Investment Funds and Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practices, coupled with Sidley’s leading regulatory practice and international offices, provides clients with sophisticated guidance and counseling on complex business and legal issues at all stages of growth. Sidley represents clients in emerging growth centers worldwide, including Palo Alto/San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Texas, London, and Asia (Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, China, and Hong Kong).
Sidley is an elite global law firm. With 2,300 lawyers, annual revenue of US$3.4 billion, and experience that spans almost 160 years, we have established a reputation using Built to Win℠ legal strategies in successfully representing clients in more than 70 countries on complex transactional, restructuring, investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters.
With 21 offices strategically situated in key commercial and financial hubs across the world, our perspective and our reach are truly global. Our lawyers and business professionals, fluent in more than 80 languages, possess the cultural awareness and cross-border legal acumen needed to bring clarity to a dynamic business landscape.
Source: www.sidley.com
