RUE DE LAUSANNE 139, SIXTH FLOOR, 1202 GENÈVE, SWITZERLAND
What we say about the firm's legal practice in Switzerland
Dispute resolution
Within Dispute resolution, tier 4
Former managing partner Marc Palay left Winston & Strawn LLP to join Sidley Austin LLP, taking a team of associates with him. Managing partner Ricardo Ugarte leads the remaining three-partner team, which handles complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. The firm represents Abbott Laboratories, Republic of Ecuador and the Kingdom of Jordan.
EU, competition and WTO
Within EU, competition and WTO, Sidley Austin LLP is a first tier firm,
Sidley Austin LLP provides ‘top-quality legal advice’ from its Geneva office. Practice head Scott Andersen is ‘extremely knowledgeable and experienced in WTO matters and litigation’, and is ‘attentive, accessible and opportunistic’. Todd Friedbacher and Nicolas Lockhart are also active. Landmark cases include representing the government of Brazil in the implementation proceedings of the Upland Cotton Subsidies dispute, and advising China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a WTO dispute challenging restrictions on the importation of Chinese poultry products into the US.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
Former Winston & Strawn LLP managing partner Marc Palay left the firm to join Sidley Austin LLP, taking a team of associates with him.
What we say worldwide
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Australia
Offices in Sydney
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Competition : Competition
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping : Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Environment (including WEEE and RoHS)
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Food
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
Germany
Offices in Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
Indonesia
India
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Real estate : Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
Philippines
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration
South Korea
Switzerland
Offices in Geneva
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, competition and WTO : EU, competition and WTO
United States
Offices in Washington DC, San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Palo Alto
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Energy: litigation
- Industry focus : Energy: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
- Investment fund formation and management : Alternative/hedge funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Mutual/registered funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Labor and employment : ERISA litigation
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : International trade
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: aerospace/aviation
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: toxic tort
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : Supreme Court and appellate
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: Central
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : Financial products
- Tax : International
- Tax : Tax controversy