Akin Employs Four Sidley Private Equity Partners in NY, London

Gerald Brant, Jeffrey Kochian, Brittany Harrison and Jonathon Hamill joined Akin as partners in its private equity practice in New York and London, the firm announced Tuesday.

Brant advises private equity firms on platform acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures and transactional and governance matters. He has been named head of Akin’s U.S. private equity practice and is a first-call advisor for transformative sponsor transactions and board-level situations.

Kochian advises private equity sponsors, public companies and financial institutions on control acquisitions, complex M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance, capital markets and shareholder activism and defense. He operates across the full capital structure from control ...