Sidley was ranked No. 1 in Bloomberg’s Global Activism Market Review Adviser Rankings for company-side engagements among legal advisers in 2022. Sidley received the top ranking for campaigns globally and in the United States by number of campaigns. Bloomberg also ranked Sidley as No. 1 in the US$1 billion Target Market Cap category. Additionally, Sidley was ranked as the No. 1 Defense Law Firm in the Technology, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors.
Bloomberg credited Sidley with 48 campaigns in 2022. These campaigns include Sidley’s representations of:
- Hasbro vs. Alta Fox
- US Foods vs. Sachem Head
- The New York Times vs. ValueAct
- NiSource vs. Elliott
- SpartanNash vs. Macellum and Ancora
- Zendesk vs. JANA
- Alkermes vs. Sarissa
- LivePerson vs. Starboard
- Peloton vs. Blackwells
- TreeHouse Foods vs. JANA
Additionally in 2022, Sidley was recognized by The Deal as “Activist Defense Law Firm of the Year” for the second year in a row. Chambers USA also ranked Sidley in Band 1 for Corporate M&A: Takeover Defense, and Kai Liekefett and Derek Zaba, the co-chairs of Sidley’s Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense practice, as Top 5 lawyers in this category. In the past five years, they have represented companies in more than 100 proxy contests, several hundred other activist campaigns, and dozens of settlements — more than any other defense law practice in the world.
