Yen Sum, Sidley Austin
Operating in some of the most fluid areas of finance, restructuring and funds specialist Yen Sum is rapidly becoming one of the City’s most tipped finance counsel. She joined Linklaters in 2002 before a three-year spell on Barclays’ leveraged finance team, returning to Linklaters in 2008. She describes Barclays as a key experience: ‘Being at the coalface on the business side helped shape my understanding of the evolution of buyouts and investment decision-making. It also helped to appreciate how advisers become part of the canvas.’
