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Provided by Yvette Ostolaza
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Yvette Ostolaza is Sidley’s Management Committee Chair and an Executive Committee member. Yvette is one of the world’s foremost business litigators and trial lawyers, delivering winning results for clients at each stage of complex multijurisdictional commercial disputes and corporate investigations.
Yvette has significant experience in MDL, crisis management, activist defense, bankruptcy, arbitration, and securities litigation cases in multiple jurisdictions. She coordinates and tries proceedings in a variety of arbitration venues, serves on the Roster of Neutral Arbitrators for the AAA for commercial litigation matters, and sits on the CPR Board of Directors and CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals as an arbitrator for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. She served as the vice chair, Ethics and Investigations Subcommittee of the ABA Corporate Governance Committee.
Yvette is highly experienced in providing on-point guidance to boards and senior-level executives during periods of corporate turbulence. She routinely leads complex internal investigations on behalf of companies, board committees and individual directors, and she defends companies/directors in shareholder and securities class actions. Yvette currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. and has served on several nonprofit boards, as well as the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas.
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Yvette Ostolaza is frequently sought out to handle high-level internal investigations and commercial litigation. She is chair of Sidley Austin LLP's management committee.
Yvette Ostolaza is frequently sought out to handle high-level internal investigations and commercial litigation. She is chair of Sidley Austin LLP's management committee.
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"We use her for bet-the-company litigation and the scary stuff. She is the most strategic adviser out there and is an incredibly strong advocate with unparalleled negotiation skills. Yvette makes you feel like you are her only client."
"Yvette is just awesome and a real miracle worker. She is highly responsive and very smart. Even though she is national chair, she still returns my call and gets involved."
"I am really pleased with her advocacy and working up of a case. We feel fortunate to get her individual attention for the case. She is smart and a great person to work with."
"We use her for bet-the-company litigation and the scary stuff. She is the most strategic adviser out there and is an incredibly strong advocate with unparalleled negotiation skills. Yvette makes you feel like you are her only client."
"Yvette is just awesome and a real miracle worker. She is highly responsive and very smart. Even though she is national chair, she still returns my call and gets involved."
"I am really pleased with her advocacy and working up of a case. We feel fortunate to get her individual attention for the case. She is smart and a great person to work with."
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