Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest law firms. With more than 1800 lawyers and 16 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, we provide a broad range of services to meet the needs of large and small businesses across a multitude of industries, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

We have a major capital markets practice and a broad transactional practice. Our practice disciplines include corporate and securities, mergers and acquisitions, securitization, intellectual property, funds and other pooled investments, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, bank and commercial lending, public finance, real estate, tax and employee benefits, as well as trusts and estates.

We offer our clients extensive litigation experience in regulatory, trial and appellate matters spanning virtually every area of substantive law. Major practice areas include general and commercial litigation, regulatory and financial litigation, antitrust, white collar criminal defense, food and drug, healthcare, patent and other intellectual property litigation, product liability and mass tort litigation, international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution, and international trade law.

Our strong, diverse client base includes a significant number of Fortune 100 and 500 companies in a wide range of industries and business sectors, governments, banks, insurance and financial institutions, professional firms, foundations, institutions, associations and individuals.

We have offices in 16 cities: Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.