Sidley was ranked in 16 practice areas in The Legal 500 UK 2022 guide. The firm was recognized across a range of practice areas, including:
- Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Commercial litigation: premium
- Commercial property: investment
- Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Corporate tax
- Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Debt capital markets
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Hedge funds
- Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Private funds
- Property Finance
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Lawyers based in Sidley’s London office also received 53 lawyer recommendations by The Legal 500 across their respective practice areas. Partners Sara George, David Howe, Leonard Ng, James Oussedik, and Matthew Shankland were highlighted as Leading Individuals, while Lyndsey Laverack, Mateja Maher, Fatema Orjela, and Jade Williams-Adedeji were awarded Next Generation Partner rankings. And notably, Martin Membery was included in the Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory Hall of Fame.