Sidley Austin Hires Delaware’s Jacobs: Business of Law

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Jack B. Jacobs is joining Sidley Austin LLP’s Wilmington office as senior counsel on Oct. 1. He will be a member of the mergers and acquisitions transactional and litigation practices, as well as the corporate governance practice.

“The 29 years he has served in the Delaware judiciary have been the most eventful decades in the development of corporate law relating to public company mergers and corporate governance,” Thomas A. Cole, Sidley Austin’s former executive committee chairman, said in a statement. “As a participant in many pivotal decisions during that era, Justice Jacobs can lend invaluable insights to our clients and colleagues.”