SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Kristen Smith has joined the firm as partners in the Global Finance group San Francisco. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP where she was a Debt Finance partner.
Over the course of her career, Mrs. Smith has represented numerous private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, along with public and private companies, in a variety of debt financing transactions as both borrowers and lenders.
