In its report released last week, the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed that Chicago-based Sidley Austin LLP transferred approximately $21 million for a government official, Teodor Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, who’d long been suspected of misappropriating the country’s oil and timber resources for personal gain. The report’s findings may prompt [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sidley Austin had an all associates meeting in Washington DC today. Details, or rumors at least, are beginning to trickle out from the meeting, but nothing hard and fast as of yet. Some tipsters are reporting that Sidley hinted at bonuses larger than last year, and some reports say that the firm may [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 28, 2009
New associates at Sidley Austin are being deferred starting early this year in the Washington DC office. New associates are being given the option to begin after Labor Day to fulfill needs in certain practice groups. Associates in other offices have been offered voluntary deferrals and will begin working mid November. Sidley Austin is [...]
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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