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61 Sidley Lawyers Recognized in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business for 2010
March 18, 2010
New York - Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business has named 61 lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP as leaders in their field in their 2010 guide. In addition to lawyer rankings, the Chambers guide ranks practices on a global, regional and jurisdictional basis. Sidley ranked in a total of 54 practice areas in 14 jurisdictions (including global and regional), with 15 receiving number one rankings. Sidley also received 77 lawyer rankings for 61 recognized lawyers, including 19 number one rankings and one “Up and Coming” ranking.
The 15 number one ranked practice areas are:
- Global category – Capital Markets: Securitization; Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Derivatives; International Trade/WTO
- Asia-wide category – Capital Markets: High-Yield Products; Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Europe-wide category – International Trade/WTO
- Belgium category – International Trade/WTO
- China/Hong Kong category – Capital Markets: U.S. Law; Capital Markets: U.S. Law: High-Yield
- South Korea category – Overseas counsel: Dispute Resolution
- Switzerland category – International Trade/WTO
- USA category – Capital Markets: Securitization; Capital Markets: Structured Products; International Trade; Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
Sixteen Sidley lawyers achieved 19 individual number one rankings for their work in specific practice areas: Thomas W. Albrecht, Capital Markets: Securitization (USA); Scott D. Andersen, International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide and Switzerland); James Clark, Banking & Finance (USA); Eugene R. Elrod, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA); Thomas C. Green, Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA); William D. Kerr, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA); Renwick Martin, Capital Markets Securitization (USA) and Capital Markets: Structured Products (USA); Graham Penn, Capital Markets: Securitization (United Kingdom); Daniel M. Price International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA); Alan Charles Raul, Privacy & Data Security (USA); Robert J. Robinson, Capital Markets: Structured Products (USA); David R. Sawyier, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA); Michael Schmidtberger, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA); Matthew Sheridan, Capital Markets: U.S. Law: High Yield (China/Hong Kong) and Overseas Counsel: Capital Markets (Indonesia); Andrew W. Shoyer, International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA); and Norman Slonaker, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (USA). Jan Bohanes received an “Up and Coming” ranking in the Switzerland category of International Trade/WTO.
Sidley was recognized in a number of new practices in the 2010 guide, including: Capital Markets (Latin America-wide); Capital Markets: U.S. Law (China/Hong Kong); Capital Markets: U.S. Law: High-Yield (China/Hong Kong); Dispute Resolution: Hong Kong (China/Hong Kong); International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA); Overseas Counsel: Corporate/M&A (India); Overseas Counsel: Corporate/M&A (South Korea); Overseas Counsel: Corporate & Finance (Indonesia); Overseas Counsel: Dispute Resolution (South Korea); Privacy & Data Security (USA); and Public International Law (Global).
A firm profile and complete rankings for Sidley are available on the Chambers and Partners website at: http://www.chambersandpartners.com.
The U.K.-based international publisher Chambers and Partners based its report on in-depth interviews with leading private practice lawyers and key in-house counsel. A team of over 50 full-time researchers conducted the survey with law firms and lawyers chosen on merit only.
Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms, with approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 17 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Sidley is recognized for service and responsiveness—BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of only two firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and was number one in three of those years.
For more information:
, Director of Practice Development, 212.839.8797
, Rubenstein Associates, 212.843.8007
For purposes of the New York State Bar rules, this press release may be considered Attorney Advertising and the headquarters of the firm are Sidley Austin LLP 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, 212.839.5300 and Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, 312.853.7000. Prior results described herein do not guarantee a similar outcome.