Business Team

John V. J. Sidoti provides legal and compliance services to the firm’s European, Asian and Australian businesses. He is a member of the firm’s UK management committee and also serves on various firm committees including the risk, compliance, sustainability, and new product and business activity committees. Mr. Sidoti previously advised BlackRock as a Senior Legal Consultant working closely with EMEA senior management, which included briefing the Global Executive Committee on strategic funds and global regulatory change initiatives. Following this, he was engaged by State Street Global Advisors to provide advice on their alternative funds and institutional client mandates. Prior to his consultancy engagements in London, Mr. Sidoti worked as a private funds and regulatory lawyer at Carey Olsen in Jersey. He began his career in the Funds Legal team at ING Australia, where he provided legal and regulatory advice on the structuring and development of the firm’s investment funds. Mr. Sidoti earned an LLB and a GDLP from Western Sydney University and is a solicitor admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.