Sidley Austin* has named 34 new partners in five U.S. offices and seven international offices, effective as of July 1, 2008. The new partners practice in a broad range of global areas ranging from life sciences to insurance to litigation and international trade.
"Welcoming this new group of talented lawyers to our partnership is a great privilege," said Thomas A. Cole, chair of the firm´s Executive Committee. "Each of these lawyers embodies our firm ideals and our commitment to excellence, integrity, diversity and collegiality."
"Our new partners are among the highest caliber lawyers in the world," added Charles W. Douglas, chair of the firm´s Management Committee. "It is particularly rewarding to continue to strengthen Sidley´s much respected capacity to provide exceptional legal services and client service in the U.S., Europe and Asia."
The new partners are listed below by office and primary area of practice:
Beijing | ||
Chen Yang | Life Sciences/Corporate | |
Brussels | ||
Ken Daly | Antitrust/Competition | |
Kristina Nordlander | Antitrust/Competition | |
Chicago | ||
Bobbi O. Anderson | Insurance | |
Mark Borrelli | Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives | |
Kara L. McCall | Products Liability | |
Robert P. O´Keefe | Insurance | |
Patricia M. Petrowski | Litigation | |
John T. Schaff | Tax | |
Elizabeth M. Schubert | Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives | |
Amanda M. Todd | Insurance | |
Dennis M. Twomey | Bankruptcy/Corporate Reorganization | |
Scott R. Williams | Corporate | |
Ami N. Wynne | Labor, Employment and Immigration | |
Frankfurt | ||
Werner Geisselmeier | Tax | |
Geneva | ||
Nicolas J.S. Lockhart | International Trade/Arbitration | |
Hong Kong | ||
Jason Tzu–cheng Kuo | Corporate | |
Scott Dennis Peterman | Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives | |
London | ||
David Howe | Securities | |
Los Angeles | ||
Joshua E. Anderson | Litigation | |
Stephen D. Blevit | Corporate/Securities | |
Alycia A. Degen | Litigation | |
Mitchell Poole | Real Estate | |
New York | ||
Jonathan P. Brose | Tax | |
Nicholas H. De Baun | Litigation | |
Bindu Donovan | Intellectual Property Litigation | |
Stuart S. Koonce | Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives | |
Todd L. Krause | Intellectual Property Litigation | |
Michael Madigan | Insurance | |
Xiaowen Qiu | Structured Finance and Securitization | |
San Francisco | ||
Theodore W. Chandler | Intellectual Property Litigation | |
Sydney | ||
Bruce Dailey | Securities | |
Washington, D.C. | ||
Karl F. Kaufmann | Financial Institutions Regulatory | |
Robert D. Keeling | Litigation |
Sidley Austin is one of the world´s largest full–service law firms, with more than 1800 lawyers practicing in 16 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Every year since 2003, Sidley has been named to Legal Business´ Global Elite, their designation for "the 15 finest law firms in the world." BTI, a Boston–based consulting and research firm, has named Sidley to their Client Service Hall of Fame as one of only two law firms to rank in the Client Service Top 10 for seven years in a row.
*Sidley Austin LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership which operates at the firm´s offices other than Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and Sydney, is affiliated with other partnerships, including Sidley Austin LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership (Chicago); Sidley Austin LLP, a separate Delaware limited liability partnership (London); Sidley Austin, a New York general partnership (Hong Kong); Sidley Austin, a Delaware general partnership of registered foreign lawyers restricted to practicing foreign law (Sydney); and Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (Tokyo). The affiliated partnerships are referred to herein collectively as Sidley Austin, Sidley, or the firm.
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Beijing Brussels Chicago Dallas Frankfurt Geneva Hong Kong London Los Angeles New York San Francisco Shanghai Singapore Sydney Tokyo Washington, D.C.
Sidley Austin LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership which operates at the firm´s offices other than Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and Sydney, is affiliated with other partnerships, including Sidley Austin LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership (Chicago); Sidley Austin LLP, a separate Delaware limited liability partnership (London); Sidley Austin, a New York general partnership (Hong Kong); Sidley Austin, a Delaware general partnership of registered foreign lawyers restricted to practicing foreign law (Sydney); and Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (Tokyo). The affiliated partnerships are referred to herein collectively as Sidley Austin, Sidley, or the firm.