Sidley Austin LLP

Drawing upon a deep bench of seasoned trial lawyers and ex-SEC lawyers throughout the firm’s nationwide patchwork of offices, Sidley Austin LLP is well-positioned to represent an issuer-focused client base in securities class actions and regulatory investigations/enforcements in state and federal courts throughout the country. The firm’s expertise also extends to M&A disputes and corporate governance matters litigated in the Delaware Court of Chancery, work which also includes a considerable amount of shareholder activism matters. New York-based partner Alex Kaplan is as comfortable handling complex securities disputes for broker-dealers and funds as for public companies in 10b-5 securities fraud and corporate governance shareholder derivative disputes. The team is active for clients across a range of industry sectors, and has particular strength in the life sciences space. The ‘very talented’ Chicago-based partners Jim Ducayet and Hille Sheppard are noted for their expertise at handling both securities-related private litigation and regulatory investigations (as well as derivative shareholder matters, including Sheppard’s particular skill in relation to dealing with special committee investigations). They both co-head the national team alongside Yolanda Garcia in Dallas, Sara Brody from San Francisco, and Andrew Stern from New York.