Sidley was ranked the No. 1 legal adviser for company representations in 2023 in the global shareholder activism league tables of LSEG (formerly Refinitiv/Thomson Reuters). LSEG credited Sidley with 65 campaigns for the year.
Sidley’s representations in 2023 included Freshpet vs. JANA, Alkermes vs. Sarissa, Nordstrom vs. Ryan Cohen, Emerson Electric vs. National Instruments, Rogers vs. Starboard, LivePerson vs. Starboard, Texas Pacific vs. Horizon Kinetics and Softvest, Purple Innovation vs. Coliseum, Avantax vs. Engine Capital, Pitney Bowes vs. Hestia Capital, and Sleep Number vs. Stadium Capital.
This ranking follows Sidley’s No. 1 rankings by Bloomberg, FactSet, and Diligent for legal shareholder activism defense in 2023. Additionally in 2023, Sidley was ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA for “Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense” and in Tier 1 by The Legal 500 (U.S.) for “Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards.” The Deal has named Sidley “Activism Defense Law Firm of the Year (Large Cap)” for the past two years.
Over the past five years, Sidley has represented companies in more than 125 proxy contests, several hundred other activist campaigns, and dozens of settlements—far exceeding any other corporate defense law practice in the world.
