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Sidley has one of the nation’s preeminent public company advisory practices. We regularly advise our clients on a wide variety of securities, corporate governance, compliance, and other regulatory matters. We serve as regular SEC reporting counsel to over 100 publicly traded U.S. companies across a wide range of industries.

We offer our clients a tremendous depth of experience with respect to securities and governance issues.

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Sidley's Global Capital Markets Group

May 2023

Announcements

Sidley Represents Allkem in Its US$10.6 Billion Merger of Equals With Livent

May 10, 2023

Sidley Updates

New SEC Rules Will Require More Detailed, Periodic Disclosure of Corporate Buybacks and Issuer Rule 10b5-1 Plans

May 8, 2023 Corporate Governance Update

Sidley Updates

SEC Announces $55.9 Million Settlement in First Action Brought by its Climate and ESG Task Force

April 11, 2023 Securities Enforcement and Regulatory Update

Sidley Updates

Implications of the SEC’s Recent Enforcement Action Against Activision Blizzard

February 16, 2023 Securities Enforcement and Regulatory Update

Sidley Updates

Preparing Your 2022 Form 10-K: A Summary of Recent Key Disclosure Developments, Priorities, and Trends

January 13, 2023

A critical part of our Public Companies/SEC practice involves advising our clients on a day-to-day basis with respect to their disclosure obligations under the federal securities laws and on their dealings with the SEC and the securities exchanges on which their securities trade. We routinely assist in the preparation of disclosure documents filed with the SEC, both on a recurring basis and in connection with significant events such as offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and proxy fights. Our team handles all matters before the Division of Corporation Finance, including disclosure and financial statement reviews, requests for no-action relief, interpretive guidance, and waivers. We also advise on areas of emerging interest, such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.

The lawyers in our Public Companies/SEC practice include a number of partners, counsel and associates who have worked at the SEC in various capacities. These lawyers provide invaluable insight into the regulatory processes of the SEC. We also work closely with the firm’s top-ranked Corporate Governance practice when advising on shareholder matters.

Advising our publicly traded clients on their disclosure and governance matters is only one aspect of the broad range of nationally recognized capabilities we provide to our public companies. These other areas include:

ESG
Capital Markets
Public Company M&A
Shareholder Activism

Executive Compensation
Shareholder Proposals
SEC Enforcement
Securities and Shareholder Litigation

Enforcement

We represent public companies in SEC and other regulatory investigations into financial reporting and accounting matters, public disclosures, data breaches, internal controls, material business developments, Regulation FD, employee trading, potential insider trading, anti-money laundering compliance, and FCPA issues.

Litigation

Our team defends clients in inquiries, investigations, and enforcement proceedings by the SEC, CFTC, Department of Justice (DOJ), securities exchanges, state attorneys general, and state securities regulators. We have worked on regulatory matters throughout the U.S. in almost every state, and have coordinated international regulatory matters for clients.

Contacts

Sonia Gupta Barros

Partner

sbarros@sidley.com +1 202 736 8387

Washington, D.C.
John P. Kelsh

Partner

jkelsh@sidley.com +1 312 853 7097

Chicago

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SERVICES AND INDUSTRIES

Capital Markets
Corporate Governance
Crisis Management and Strategic Response
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
M&A
SEC Disclosure
Securities and Shareholder Litigation
Securities Enforcement and Regulatory
Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense