Sidley Highly Commended in Chambers USA 2025

Sidley has attained 139 practice rankings and 343 lawyer rankings in Chambers USA 2025. Sidley has received a leading Band 1 ranking in 31 practice areas.

Significantly, Sidley has also received 63 Band 1 lawyer rankings, gaining 15 from 2024. Additionally, two partners have attained recognition above Band 1. Michael J. Schmidtberger has been featured as an “Eminent Practitioner” for Hedge Funds (Nationwide), a ranking above Band 1 reserved for lawyers who are highly influential in their firms and practice areas. Carter G. Phillips has been ranked as a “Star Individual” in the Appellate Law (Nationwide) category.

Sidley has received Band 1 practice area rankings in the following areas:

• Accountant and Auditor Liability (Nationwide)
• Banking & Finance (Illinois)
• Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (Nationwide)
• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois)
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (New York)
• Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense (New York)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
• Energy Transition (Nationwide)
• Environment (District of Columbia)
• False Claims Act (Nationwide)
• Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) (Nationwide)
• Healthcare (District of Columbia)
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (District of Columbia)
• Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (Illinois)
• Hedge Funds (Nationwide)
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Illinois)
• Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (Nationwide)
• Intellectual Property (Illinois)
• International Trade: Customs (Nationwide)
• International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
• Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance (Nationwide)
• Litigation: General Commercial (Illinois)
• Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Florida)
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (New York)
• Litigation: Securities (Illinois)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California)
• Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market (Nationwide)
• REITs (Nationwide)
• Transportation: Aviation: Transactional (Nationwide)
• Transportation: Rail (for Railroads) (Nationwide)

The annual Chambers USA guide provides analyses of legal practitioners in the United States based on in-depth interviews with clients and in-house counsel.