Mehdi and Josh belong to a larger team of partners and associates from Cooley that are poised to join Sidley later this week.

Mehdi and Josh belong to a larger team of partners and associates from Cooley that are poised to join Sidley later this week. Mehdi has advised on deals totaling tens of billions of dollars in value, including significant work for Clearlake Capital Group, a leading investment firm focused on private equity and special situations.

His practice focuses on the representation of private equity and other institutional investors and their portfolio companies. His clients span the technology and life sciences industries and he serves as a trusted advisor in public financings, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs and related private equity transactions, cross-border and other structured corporate transactions.