Sidley Picks Up Clifford Chance US Funds Leaders in New York

Sidley Austin is hiring three partners from Clifford Chance in New York as the firm looks to bolster its fund formation capabilities.

Cliff Cone, Michael Sabin, and Daniel Drabkin are joining Sidley as partners in its investment funds group, the firm announced Tuesday. Cone and Sabin, who were co-heads of Clifford Chance’s US funds and investment management practice, have advised BlackRock and Blackstone, among other notable clients.

“What we were really looking for is a firm with depth and scale in the US,” Cone said in an interview. At Sidley, “there’s just a breadth of practice areas that tie into ...