Sidley represented Raymond James on its joint venture with Eldridge Industries, called Raymond James Private Credit, to provide private credit solutions to sponsor-backed portfolio companies. This new joint venture brings together the sector expertise and origination of Raymond James’ investment banking platform, as well as Raymond James Bank’s lending expertise and Eldridge Industries’ asset management and capital markets expertise. The Sidley team was led by Joshua W. Thompson (Global Finance), Christopher Barbuto (M&A), Michael Lewis (Regulatory), and Shen Mei Bolton (Global Finance), with assistance from Adrian Zhang (M&A), Matthew Katz (Regulatory), and E. Kyle Barnett (IP Litigation).~~Sidley represented Raymond James on its joint venture with Eldridge Industries, called Raymond James Private Credit, to provide private credit solutions to sponsor-backed portfolio companies. This new joint venture brings together the sector expertise and origination of Raymond James’ investment banking platform, as well as Raymond James Bank’s lending expertise and Eldridge Industries’ asset management and capital markets expertise. The Sidley team was led by Joshua W. Thompson (Global Finance), Christopher Barbuto (M&A), Michael Lewis (Regulatory), and Shen Mei Bolton (Global Finance), with assistance from Adrian Zhang (M&A), Matthew Katz (Regulatory), and E. Kyle Barnett (IP Litigation).