With a wide range of litigation and arbitration experience, the team at Sidley Austin LLP supports a range of clients with complex business problems. Its expertise spans class actions, business torts, M&A litigation, securities and shareholder cases, and whistleblower actions. Bruce Braun, in Chicago, co-heads the team with Dallas-based Angela Zambrano. Braun’s practice includes antitrust, internal investigations, software litigation, and consumer fraud matters. Zambrano is noted for her arbitration work, and has particular experience in energy litigation and board of directors-level internal investigations. Yvette Ostolaza, also in Dallas, is recommended in complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes.
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Key clients

  • The Container Store
  • Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.
  • Lone Star Global Acquisitions, LLC, Hudson Advisors, LP
  • Prager Metis CPAs LLC
  • UMG Recordings, Inc. (Universal Music Group)
  • Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
  • The Barack Obama Foundation
  • Genworth Financial Inc. (and related Genworth entities);
  • Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company
  • Louis Bacon of Moore Capital Management

Lawyers

Practice head

Bruce Braun; Angela Zambrano

Other key lawyers

Yvette Ostolaza; Rollin Ransom; Nancy Chung; Dave Gordon; Kristen Seeger; Dave Anderson; Amy Lally; Melissa Colón-Bosolet