Climate Change

Sidley is recognized as having one of the top climate change practices worldwide. Leveraging the firm’s global footprint and broad experience spanning multiple practice areas, our lawyers represent clients across many sectors in climate change compliance, regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters.

Highly Ranked Among Global Market Leaders in Climate Change
Chambers Global 2021 - 2025

Ranked 15 times since 2008
Chambers USA 2023 – Nationwide: Climate Change

Companies of all types and sizes entrust our team with managing their most challenging and high-stakes matters. We stand apart from the competition because we have:

• Deep knowledge of U.S. and EU regulatory regimes that govern GHG emissions, regularly advising clients on compliance issues, as well as emerging opportunities and risks presented by climate change.
• Deep experience with renewable energy (solar, wind, fuels) and carbon capture and offset projects, representing sponsors, lenders, investors, contractors, credit agencies, and service providers on complex renewable transactions.
• Advocacy talent unmatched by our peers — with the skills and experience to represent clients in court, arbitration, and trade proceedings, including matters before the highest U.S. and EU courts.
• An international platform with a wide range of related practices and capabilities — Environmental, Project Finance, Energy, Finance/Securities, Litigation, Appellate, Government Strategies, International Trade, Transportation, Government Contracts, and Tax — that support the multidisciplinary needs of our clients.

“Sidley has both the expertise and bandwidth to handle very complex and sophisticated matters, and to do so in a practical manner and on a reasonable timeline.”
Chambers Global 2024: Climate Change - Global Market Leaders

We are also at the forefront of our clients’ climate concerns in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Environmental Justice, as our firm has dedicated teams in each of these areas. We also have a multidisciplinary group focused on the Automotive industry. This group allows Sidley to offer insight on the relationship between climate change and the automotive revolution.