{"id":6743,"date":"2007-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"sidly-austin-named-top-hedge-fund-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2007\/sidly-austin-named-top-hedge-fund-firm.html","title":{"rendered":"Sidley Austin Named Top Hedge Fund Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Institutional Investor\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among onshore law firms for the second  consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>  Thomas A. Cole, chair of the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Executive Committee said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe are particularly gratified by the results of this year\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Alpha Awards because we have once again been chosen by our clients,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d he  explained. \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe have been privileged to work with some of the most respected hedge funds and alternative asset managers and we are very proud of the performance of our team, which this ranking  acknowledges.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>  The Alpha Awards are calculated from the responses of nearly 1,000 hedge fund firms, representing roughly $1.4 trillion in assets under management. Additionally, this year Alpha introduced a new  ranking showing which providers best serve hedge fund firms with assets $1 billion or more; Sidley was ranked first in this new category. Additionally, Sidley placed first in almost every  sub-category, including \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cbusiness planning,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cclient service,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201chedge fund expertise\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d and \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cregulatory and compliance.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>  Sidley\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s hedge fund and investment management practice comprises approximately 95 lawyers in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong and London. Sidley was also named Investment  Funds Law Firm of the Year in the 2007 Asian Legal Business Awards.<\/p>\n<p>  Alex Akesson<br \/>  Editor for HedgeCo.Net<br \/>  Email: <a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on <a href=  \"..\/news\/10\/news\/10\/news\/10\/news\/10\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/09\/news\/07\/news\/07\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/%20\">  www.hedgeco.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge Funds!<br \/>  <strong>Be sure to check out our sister sites.<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> <strong><a href=  \"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.hedgefundtools.com,<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\" target=  \"_blank\"><strong>www.hedgefundemployment.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/toc\/07_28\/B40420728retirement.htm?campaign_id=rss_null\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Institutional Investor\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among onshore law firms for the second consecutive year. Thomas A. Cole, chair of the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Executive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}