Sidley was ranked No. 1 in the Bloomberg Global Activism League Tables for company-side engagements among legal advisers in 2023. Sidley received the top ranking for campaigns globally and in the United States by number of campaigns from Bloomberg for the third time in the past four years.
Bloomberg also ranked Sidley as the No. 1 defense law firm in the Value of the Activist Stake category with US$7.3 billion, which aggregates the activist stakes in companies represented by Sidley. Additionally, Sidley was ranked as the No. 1 defense law firm in the Consumer Discretionary, Financials, Investment Fund, and Real Estate industry sectors.
Bloomberg credited Sidley with 48 campaigns in 2023. These campaigns include Sidley’s representations of:
- Nordstrom vs. Ryan Cohen
- Alkermes vs. Sarissa Capital
- Rogers vs. Starboard Value
- Emerson Electric vs. National Instruments
- Freshpet vs. JANA
- LivePerson vs. Starboard Value
- Avantax vs. Engine Capital
- Purple Innovation vs. Coliseum Capital
- Sleep Number vs. Stadium Capital
Bloomberg’s rankings follow Sidley’s recent receipt of the “Activism Advisor Award” by Diligent Market Intelligence for Total Issuer Representations, which recognizes the law firm that advised companies on the most activist campaigns in 2023. Sidley was also ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense, and in Tier 1 by The Legal 500 United States for Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards. The Deal 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.
