09 Feb 2026
Sidley Austin Adds Partner John Thomas to Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure Practice in New York
"Sidley Austin has hired partner John Thomas into its Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure practice in New York to work on physical commodities, commodity derivatives and commodity‑linked financings."
Mr. Thomas joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he was a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the Energy & Commodities Practice Group. He focuses on physical commodity and commodity derivative trading matters, commodity-linked financing transactions, and commercial transactions involving the purchase, sale, transportation, and storage of commodities across multiple jurisdictions. His transactional experience includes M&A transactions, intermediation transactions, and secured and structured finance transactions, as well as related corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters. Mr. Thomas also spent more than a decade at J. Aron & Company, the commodities division of Goldman Sachs, where he served for many years as a managing director and lead lawyer for that global business.