Howard Sidman

Financial Markets; ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance); Business & Tort Litigation; Insurance Recovery; Energy Transition & Infrastructure

Howard Sidman is the Global Chair of Environmental, Social, and Governance and a litigation partner in the Financial Markets practice in Jones Day’s New York office. Howard has more than 15 years of experience relating to residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and also has experience with issues relating to the LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) transition. In addition, Howard counsels clients on RMBS repurchase and servicing-related contractual disputes. He has successfully argued an issue of first impression to the New York Court of Appeals relating to the statute of limitations for securitizations. As part of his practice, Howard routinely counsels trustees, master servicers, servicers, monoline insurers, institutional investors, asset managers, and mortgage loan originators along with other responsible parties.

Howard also represents financial institutions and other corporations in ESG-related investigations and litigation. Howard also counsels clients on a broad range of risk issues connected with the “E” and the “S” in ESG, including navigating increasingly complex and sometimes conflicting ESG-focused regulations, executive orders, and government enforcement investigations and priorities as well as fair access issues, antitrust concerns, and supply chain and human trafficking developments.