Sidley Austin Hires Ex-Kirkland Funds Partner in London

Sidley Austin has hired former Kirkland & Ellis partner turned private capital adviser general counsel Mateja Maher, as a London-based partner in Sidley’s investment funds practice.

Maher had spent the last four years in-house at global private equity advisory firm Campbell Lutyens, which he joined from his position as partner in Kirkland’s private funds group.

Sidley Austin has been busy building out its private equity practice in recent months, and has added around 20 private equity lawyers in the 12 months through late June. Hires have come from prestigious competitors including Kirkland, Cooley, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Davis ...