Sidney Burke

Sidney Burke

Partner
Office Managing Partner, New York
New York
About

Sid Burke has a varied corporate and securities practice focused on mergers, acquisitions, and other complex business transactions, including special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), initial public offerings (IPOs) and business combinations.

He advises investment funds with varied strategies (including private equity, growth equity and venture capital) in structuring, negotiating and executing portfolio company investments and financings, and counsels funds in their formation and internal governance.

He also has represented public companies on an ongoing basis, and he regularly counsels senior management, corporate boards, investment banks and controlling stockholders with respect to mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, corporate governance, fairness opinions, disclosure and securities regulations.

Sid is a member of the firm's North American Pro Bono Committee and the pro bono committee for the New York office. He previously served as hiring partner and chair of the pro bono committee for DLA Piper's New York office.

Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and RetailFinancial ServicesLife SciencesMedia, Sport and EntertainmentCorporateFinanceMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityTechnologyEquity Capital Markets
Bar admissionsNew York

EXPERIENCE

Sid's transactional experience includes:

  • Acquisitions and dispositions of public companies, private companies and various business divisions
  • Structuring and negotiating joint venture arrangements
  • Private equity fund formation
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • High-yield debt offerings
  • Mezzanine financings
  • Venture capital, growth equity and other private equity financings

Pro Bono

Sid is a member of the firm's Americas Pro Bono Committee and the pro bono committee for the New York office. He previously served as chair of the pro bono committee for DLA Piper's New York office.

His pro bono activities have been focused primarily on educational opportunity. He is a member of the Board of Education for the Pelham Union Free School District, to which he was elected in 2023. In the past, he has provided corporate governance advice to Head Start programs and served as outside general counsel to a non-profit that provides educational and other programs to children and adults living with autism. Sid served as a member of the board of trustees of the Amani Public Charter School (Located in Mount Vernon, Amani is the first independent charter school in Westchester County.) from its founding in 2010 and served as chair of its board of trustees from 2013 through 2021.

Education
  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 2002
    cum laude
  • A.B., Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard University, 1999
    magna cum laude

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