Sidley received 83 practice area rankings and 119 lawyer rankings in the 2021 edition of Chambers Global. Of these, 16 practice area rankings and 14 lawyer rankings were in Band 1. Notably, Michael J. Schmidtberger was ranked as Eminent Practitioner in the Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA) category. The designation recognizes him for balancing his hedge funds practice with his leadership of Sidley’s Executive Committee.
The firm’s Band 1 practice area rankings are:
- Agribusiness (Global-wide)
- Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (Asia-Pacific Region)
- Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms) (China)
- Capital Markets: Securitisation (USA)
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms) (China)
- International Trade/WTO (Asia-Pacific Region)
- International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide)
- International Trade/WTO (Global-wide)
- International Trade: Customs (USA)
- International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA)
- Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border) (USA)
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (Asia-Pacific Region)
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (Global-wide)
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA)
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (International firms) (China)
- Investment Funds: Private Equity (Asia-Pacific Region)
Sidley lawyers ranked Band 1 are:
- David F. Asmus — Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (USA) and Projects (USA)
- Manoj Bhargava — Capital Markets (India)
- Todd J. Friedbacher — International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide)
- William D. Kerr — Investment Funds: Hedge Funds (USA)
- Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman — Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (USA)
- Susan D. Lewis — Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
- Nicolas J.S. Lockhart — International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide)
- William R. Massey — Capital Markets: Structured Products (USA)
- Ted Murphy — International Trade: Customs (USA)
- Alan Charles Raul — Privacy & Data Security (USA)
- Andrew W. Shoyer — International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (USA)
- Effie Vasilopoulos — Investment Funds (International Firms) (China)
- Arnoud R. Willems — International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide)
The annual Chambers Global guide provides analyses of legal practitioners around the world based on in-depth interviews with clients and in-house counsel.
