Sidley has received 133 practice rankings and 307 lawyer rankings in Chambers USA 2024. Sidley has been ranked at the top – Band 1 – in 28 practice areas, gaining nine from 2023.
Sidley has also received 48 Band 1 lawyer rankings. Notably, two partners have received commendations above Band 1. Michael J. Schmidtberger has been ranked as Eminent Practitioner in Hedge Funds (Nationwide). The designation recognizes him for balancing his hedge funds practice with his leadership of Sidley’s Executive Committee. Carter G. Phillips has been has ranked as a Star Individual in the Appellate Law (Nationwide) category.
Sidley has received Band 1 practice area rankings in the following areas:
- Banking & Finance (Illinois)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (Nationwide)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS (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)
- Intellectual Property (Illinois)
- International Trade: Customs (Nationwide)
- International Trade: Remedies & Policy (Nationwide)
- Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance (Nationwide)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Illinois)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (New York)
- Litigation: Securities (Illinois)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California)
- Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market (Nationwide)
- Transport: Aviation: Transactional (Nationwide)
- Transport: 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.
