In 2024, Sidley was the No. 1 law firm for company representations in LSEG’s Global Shareholder Activism Review for the third consecutive year. LSEG credited Sidley with 60 campaigns for the year.
The LSEG ranking follows Sidley’s No. 1 rankings in the activism and corporate defense league tables of Bloomberg, FactSet, and Diligent for 2024. Chambers USA has also ranked Sidley in Band 1 for Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense, stating that “Sidley Austin is the best in the business at activism defense work.” Similarly, Legal 500 has ranked Sidley in Tier 1 for Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards, calling Sidley’s shareholder activism co-chairs Kai Liekefett and Derek Zaba “two of the best lawyers in America.”
In the past five years, Sidley has represented companies in approximately 150 proxy contests, several hundred activist campaigns, and dozens of settlements — more than any other legal defense practice in the world.
