Top photo: The firm receives the 2005 Catalyst Award.
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Achievements
• Sidley has been named the number two U.S. law firm for overall client service in BTI Consulting Group’s The Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms: The BTI Client Service A-Team 2008. Clients ranked Sidley as best-in-class for more than half of the 17 activities driving law firm relationships, including Understanding the Client’s Business, Commitment to Help and Keeping Clients Informed. Sidley was named the number one U.S. law firm for overall client service in 2003, 2005 and 2007, and was named to The BTI Client Service Hall of Fame as one of only two law firms to rank in the Client Service Top 10 for seven years in a row.
• Sidley is consistently ranked among the top law firms in BTI's survey, The Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard. In 2006, Sidley was named the number one law firm and in 2007 the number two law firm. In this year’s survey, Sidley had the most primary relationships and tied as the firm with the most unprompted recommendations, based on feedback from 427 corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 organizations. Sidley was also named to the BTI Power Elite for the third consecutive year, one of only 12 firms to do so.
• Sidley received the 2007 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award for our ongoing commitment to providing pro bono legal services. The ABA specifically cited Sidley’s firmwide Capital Litigation Project in which lawyers across the country represent prisoners on death row in Alabama to ensure that each client receives full and fair representation. Sidley has a long tradition of providing pro bono services and our pro bono policy strongly encourages all lawyers to devote time to pro bono legal matters. In 2007, our lawyers worked more than 110,000 hours on pro bono matters.
• In 2008, Sidley was named as one of four recipients of The National Law Journal’s Pro Bono Awards. The award was given in recognition of our Veterans Benefits Project, a campaign to secure medical benefits for war veterans. Sidley has been integral in the project which involves several law firms and the Georgetown University Law Center's Pro Bono Institute, in conjunction with veterans' organizations. The firm was recognized in 2007 for our firmwide Capital Litigation Project and political asylum program.
• In 2007, Sidley was named to the inaugural list of Best Law Firms for Women by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers, a national consulting firm advising lawyers and legal employers on work-life balance and the retention and advancement of women. Selection criteria included workforce profile, benefits and compensation, parental leave, child care, flexibility and retention and advancement of women.
• Tom Cole, Chair of the firm's Executive Committee, has been named a Dealmaker of the Year for 2007 by The American Lawyer. Recognized as one of the lawyers who "exemplified the changing face of dealmaking last year," Cole was praised for his role in leading the Sidley team that represented the Tribune Company, one of the top media companies in the United States, in the $8.2 billion privatization of the company by investor Samuel Zell.
• Sidley was named Global WTO Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Global Awards 2006. Sidley's 50-person International Trade and Dispute Resolution group, based in Geneva, Brussels and Washington, was recognized for its excellence in WTO dispute settlement and negotiations, and its innovative use of WTO rules to assist clients.
• Sidley has been named one of BTI's Transaction Major Players in its report entitled, BTI Law Firm Leaders and Contenders in the Transaction Market 2008. Sidley was rated superior in all four of the activities used to define market position in corporate transactions - Existing Primary Relationships, Client Recommendation Rate, Consideration for Hire and Win New Assignments - based on feedback from corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 organizations.
• Sidley was named Investment Funds Team of the Year for the U.S. by Chambers and Partners at the Chambers USA Awards for Excellence 2008. Sidley’s global Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives practice has more than 100 lawyers dedicated to investment fund, investment management and derivatives work worldwide, with lawyers practicing in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Tokyo.
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