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• Sidley & Austin's DC office not interested in 'sharp-elbow' recruits

  Aug 19 2010 Cut-throat lawyers need not apply Sidley & Austin’s Washington DC office. Karen Popp, the DC hiring partner for the firm, has indicated that an aggressive competitive... more

• Sidley Austin not panicking about losing client Merrill Lynch

  Sep 18 2008 Sidley Austin does a lot of legal work for Merrill Lynch, apart from, ahem, Sunday's merger. So it's understandable that the Chicago-based firm sent an internal memo... more

• Sidley promotes 34 to partnership

  Jul 10 2008 Sidley Austin has promoted 34 lawyers to its partnership, including four in the firm’s Asia Pacific offices and one in London. more

• Three lawyers elevated to partnership in Sidley’s Hong Kong and PRC offices

  Jun 29 2008 Sidley Austin has announced a bumper crop of 34 new partners, three of these - Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, Scott Dennis Peterman, and Chen Yang - are Asia based. The bulk of... more

• Sidley taps SJ Berwin for hedge funds expert

  Apr 05 2008 Hedge funds and financial markets partner Bruce Gardner has left SJ Berwin after eight years to join the London office of US firm Sidley Austin. He joins Sidley as a... more

• Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables

  Feb 11 2008 Allen & Overy has held on to the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for... more

• D.C. Associate Bonuses 'Fairly Healthy' This Year

  Feb 03 2008 It's associate bonus season for many Washington, D.C., law firms, and the numbers are trickling in. At a few firms, D.C. associates may be getting an extra check that... more

• Sidley Austin Announces Richard Klingler Rejoins Firm

  Jan 28 2008 Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Richard Klingler has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the complex commercial litigation practice.... more

• DLA Piper kicks off laterals season in the US

  Jan 27 2008 The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities at some of the nation's biggest... more

• Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

  Jan 10 2008 US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats’ attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party’s... more

• Companies Dissatisfied With Their Law Firms, Survey Shows

  Nov 30 2007 The most striking finding of the BTI Consulting Group's recently released national Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms is the relatively small number... more

• Sidley Austin LLP Named Top Law Firm for Hedge Funds by Alpha Magazine

  Nov 02 2007 For the second consecutive year, Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among... more

• Big Law Firm Settles Age-Discrimination Suit

  Oct 08 2007 Sidley Austin, one of the nation’s largest law firms, has agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to settle a closely watched age-discrimination lawsuit... more