
Banking & Finance
Project Finance
Infrastructure
Energy Finance
Syndicated and Leveraged Finance
Rachael Coffey is a Senior Managing Associate at Sidley Austin, based in London. She specializes in banking law with a focus on infrastructure finance, advising UK and international clients on complex transactions involving syndicated loans, multi-creditor platforms, and private placements. Rachael has extensive experience in project finance and acquisition finance, having worked with private equity sponsors, banks, and direct lenders. Her practice spans the European and U.S. markets, and she has also worked in Australia. Rachael holds an LLB from the University of Western Australia and is admitted to practice in Australia.
Infrastructure Acquisitions and Investments
Project and Asset Financing
Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Financing
Corporate Finance and Refinancing

- Compass, Inc. merged with the target/assets from Anywhere Real Estate Inc. in a merger on not available. - Deal value was 10000000000 Sector: Real Estate; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available, led by Joshua Kogan, Rachael Coffey, Heath Mayo, Linda Yang, Vera Wang, Andrea Murino, Jack Coles, Lauren Taylor, Ross Leff, Alborz Tolou, Jason Kanner, Andrea Weintraub, Michael Urschel, Raghav Gupta, Tad Bardenwerper, Marc Kassis, Clare Azzopardi, Scott Price, Katherine Nemeth, Sehj Vather, Christopher Worek, Lindsey Weiss Harris, Seth Traxler, Amber Harezlak.
Sep 22 2025
10B
M&A

Senior Managing Associate
2024 – Unknown
Senior Managing Associate
2024 – 2024
Associate
2024 – 2024

Associate

- Genius Sports Limited entered into a strategic partnership with the National Football League on a date not available. - Deal value was 2500000000 Sector: Sports Technology; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available; lawyers included Ross Leff, Asher Qazi, Kaangrok Yoo, Ed Lee, Rachael Coffey, Seth Traxler, Bernadette Coppola, Jared Rusman, Mark Dundon, Jake Jung.
Jun 11 2025
3B
M&A
1 min
2022 – 2024
Senior Associate
2022 – 2022
Solicitor
2017 – 2022
Law Graduate
2017 – 2017
Casual Clerk
2016 – 2016
Vacation Clerk
2015 – 2015

Legal Executive
2013 – 2015