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Sidley Austin LLP

Global Guide 2024

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Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

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Global

Chair of Executive Committee: Michael J. Schmidtberger

Chair of the Management Committee: Yvette Ostolaza

Number of partners worldwide: Over 650

Number of lawyers worldwide: 2,300

Firm Overview:  

Sidley is an elite global law firm with US$3.1 billion in revenue powered by lawyers who practice at the highest level of the profession. Backed by 158 years of experience, we deliver superior service to a high-caliber group of market-leading clients worldwide, while placing a premium on collaboration and diversity.

Our firm boasts a roster of 2,300 lawyers who wield deep experience in litigation, transactional, and regulatory matters spanning over 50 legal disciplines and industries.

With 21 offices, including our new Miami office, situated in major commercial and financial capitals around the world, our lawyers possess the cultural awareness and legal acumen needed to advise clients in today’s global economy. Follow Sidley on Twitter@SidleyLaw.

The Americas: 

More than 150 years after the founding of the firm, Sidley today comprises a diverse group of legal professionals who are dedicated to teamwork, collaboration, and superior client service. Sidley’s US offices now include Boston, Century City, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The firm has built a reputation for successfully representing clients on complex transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters spanning a range of legal areas. The firm represents clients across many industries including banking and financial services, insurance, life sciences, healthcare, energy, technology, and transportation.

Sidley has maintained a valued presence in Latin America for over 50 years. It represents major local and multinational companies and financial institutions, private equity and other investment funds, sovereign governments and state-owned enterprises in transactions throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Europe: 

The firm’s Brussels office serves as the hub of Sidley’s European Union law practice and is home to an experienced multinational team of around 30 professionals. Sidley represents clients before the European institutions, the Court of Justice of the European Union and certain Member State bodies and courts, including the Belgian courts and administrative authorities. Sidley’s office in Geneva, Switzerland, is home to both its top-ranked international trade practice and one of Europe’s foremost international arbitration and cross-border dispute teams. The office comprises an experienced multinational team of more than 20 lawyers, policy advisors, economists, analysts, paralegals, and legal assistants. The firm’s Geneva World Trade Organization team is the top-ranked leader in shaping and enforcing international trade rules. The group represents many different WTO Members and leading multinationals and associations in complex WTO dispute settlement and in resolving trade disputes. Sidley’s office in London, its largest in Europe, was founded in 1974. With lawyers qualified to practice in both the UK and the U.S., the London office coordinates cross-border projects spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Sidley’s clients in London include the world’s leading financial institutions, funds, private equity sponsors, and multinational companies spanning a wide range of industries.

Asia Pacific: 

Sidley is one of the few global firms to have maintained on-the-ground client service capabilities in Asia for 40 years. During that time, the firm has come to be acknowledged by its clients and industry publications as a leading law firm in the region. The firm now has approximately 230 legal professionals based in six offices in the region in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Sidley’s lawyers provide US, Hong Kong, English, Singapore, and Japanese law advice to clients where and when they need it. The Sidley team in China, one of the largest of the international law firms, advises clients on US, Hong Kong, English and Singapore law, speaking fluent English as well as fluent and native Mandarin and Cantonese. The Singapore office serves as an important hub for transactions involving Indonesia and India, as well as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia, China, and South Korea. The ability to provide both local and international law services is of great importance to its clients as they continue to grow their businesses regionally and globally. Sidley’s team in Singapore provides multi-jurisdictional legal advice principally in the fields of capital markets; global finance, including bankruptcy, restructuring, structured finance, securitisation, and asset finance; mergers and acquisitions; international arbitration; investment funds; information technology, privacy, data security, and compliance; life sciences; and energy and project finance. Sidley’s office in Australia, based in Sydney, comprises US-qualified lawyers who either are native Australian or have worked in Australia for many years.

Ranked Offices

Provided by Sidley Austin LLP

USA - Head office
Australia
  • Sydney
    Level 10, 7 Macquarie Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, NSW 2000
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Belgium
  • Brussels
    NEO Building, Rue Montoyer 51, Montoyerstraat, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, B-1000
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China
  • Hong Kong
    39/F, Two Int’l Finance Centre, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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    Shanghai
    Suite 2009, 5 Corporate Avenue, 150 Hubin Road, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200021
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Japan
  • Tokyo
    Marunouchi Building 23F., 4-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan, 100-6323
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Singapore
  • Singapore
    Level 31, Six Battery Road, Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 049909
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Switzerland
  • Geneva
    Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, CH-1202
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UK
USA
  • Boston
    60 State Street, 36th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, MA 02109
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    Dallas
    2021 McKinney Avenue, Suite 2000, Dallas, Texas, USA, TX 75201
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    Houston
    1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6000, Houston, Texas, USA, TX 77002
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    Los Angeles
    555 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, CA 90013
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    New York
    787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, USA, NY 10019
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    Palo Alto
    1001 Page Mill Road, Building 1, Palo Alto, California, USA, CA 94304
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    San Francisco
    555 California Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, California, USA, CA 94104
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    Washington, DC
    1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20005
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Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Sidley Austin LLP

Global Practice Guide
Denise Kara
Eleanor Dodding
William Long
Francesca Blythe
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Denise Kara, Eleanor Dodding, William Long, Francesca Blythe
Article • Mar 2024
Global Practice Guide
Eleanor Dodding
Denise Kara
William Long
Francesca Blythe
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Eleanor Dodding, Denise Kara, William Long, Francesca Blythe
Article • Mar 2024
Global Practice Guide
Alan Charles Raul
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Alan Charles Raul
Article • Mar 2024

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Sidley Austin LLP rankings

Global Guide 2024
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Asia-Pacific Region
Arbitration (International)
1 Department
Department
Arbitration (International)
5
Arbitration (International)
5
Band 5
Capital Markets: Debt
1 Department
Department
Capital Markets: Debt
2
Capital Markets: Debt
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: Equity
1 Department
Department
Capital Markets: Equity
2
Capital Markets: Equity
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
1 Department
Department
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
1
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
1
Band 1
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
Department
Corporate/M&A
4
Corporate/M&A
4
Band 4
International Trade/WTO
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
International Trade/WTO
1
International Trade/WTO
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Andrew W Shoyer
2
Andrew W Shoyer
2
Band 2
Richard LA Weiner
2
Richard LA Weiner
2
Band 2
Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
1 Department
Department
Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
1
Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
1
Band 1
Investment Funds: Private Equity
1 Department
Department
Investment Funds: Private Equity
1
Investment Funds: Private Equity
1
Band 1
Life Sciences
1 Department
Department
Life Sciences
3
Life Sciences
3
Band 3
Australia
Capital Markets: US Law
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Capital Markets: US Law
Capital Markets: US Law
Spotlight
Lawyers
Bruce Dailey
1
Bruce Dailey
1
Band 1
Mimma Barila
1
Mimma Barila
1
Band 1
Belgium
Competition: EU
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Competition: EU
4
Competition: EU
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Ken Daly
4
Ken Daly
4
Band 4
China
Banking & Finance (International Firms)
1 Department
Department
Banking & Finance (International Firms)
4
Banking & Finance (International Firms)
4
Band 4
Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Olivia Ngan
4
Olivia Ngan
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
3
Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Carrie Li
4
Carrie Li
4
Band 4
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