Sidley Austin LLP advises on complex executive and incentive compensation, retirement, welfare, and other benefits matters, with a focus on recruiting, retaining, and maximizing the productivity of clients’ key talent. The practice addresses both day-to-day employee benefits and executive compensation issues and those arising in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, joint ventures, IPOs, and restructurings. Corey Perry, based in Chicago, and Amy Rubin, based in New York, co-head the practice, with Perry focusing on executive compensation disclosure rules under the federal securities laws, and Rubin counseling on employee benefits and executive compensation in the context of private equity transactions, strategic mergers, and ongoing company operations.
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Key clients

  • Accelerant Holdings
  • Advanced Power U.S. Holdings Inc.
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  • Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
  • Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.
  • Clearlake Capital Group L.P.
  • Conn’s Inc.
  • Flowco Holdings Inc.
  • Global Container International (Wafra Inc.)
  • Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.
  • Mastercard

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Amy Rubin
Amy Rubin
Practice head

Corey Perry; Amy Rubin

Other key lawyers

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