Chambers and Partners has awarded Sidley 12 practice area rankings and 23 lawyer rankings in Chambers Europe 2025, including leading Band 1 practice area rankings for International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide) and Life Sciences: EU (Belgium).
Sidley also continues to be ranked in the following areas:
- Competition: EU (Belgium)
- Arbitration (International) (Europe-wide)
- Life Sciences (Europe-wide)
- Arbitration (Switzerland)
- Banking & Finance: Sponsors (UK)
- Capital Markets: Debt (UK)
- Competition Law (UK)
- Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market (UK)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (UK)
- Tax (UK)
This is in addition to the two practice area rankings Sidley received in the standalone Chambers Germany 2025 guide.
Tom Thesing has been ranked as an Eminent Practitioner in Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market (UK), acknowledging his ability to balance his active practice with his leadership roles within the firm, including his position as managing partner of Sidley’s London office and on Sidley’s Management and Executive Committees.
Furthermore, Todd Friedbacher and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart have been ranked in Band 1 in International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide), and Jayanthi Sadanandan also continues to be featured in the top band for Banking & Finance (UK).
The annual Chambers Europe guide provides analyses of legal practitioners in the region based on in-depth interviews with clients and in-house counsel.
