Jeff Ross

About Jeff Ross

Jeffrey Ross is a corporate partner, chair of the firm’s Finance Group and a member of its Private Equity Group. His practice focuses on complex acquisition and leveraged financings such as the $15 billion merger of Envision Healthcare with AMSURG, the $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital by Activision Blizzard, the $3.2 billion acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the $2.7 billion acquisition of Local TV Holdings by Tribune Company. Mr. Ross is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global (2016) and Chambers USA (20••••16), which describes him as a “thoughtful,” “responsive,” “smart” and “very creative and commercial” advisor, who “goes the extra mile to make sure that [clients] have thought through all the issues.” He is recommended by The Legal 500 US (20••••16), where clients are noted to “have a high degree of trust” in him, citing him as “exceptional on both the financing and the M&A front” and an “excellent leveraged finance lawyer.” He has been identified as a “rising star” in private equity by Law36•••12).Mr. Ross publishes frequently on legal matters related to finance topics. He is also a contributing author to the annual Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book (Practising Law Institute, 2016) and a former Editor of the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report. Mr. Ross is a guest lecturer on leveraged finance in a course entitled Private Equity Playbook at Cornell Law School and has been a speaker for PLI’s Leveraged Financing program since 2013.Mr. Ross joined the firm in 2005 and became a partner in 2010. He received a J.D. cum laude from Cornell Law School in an M.A, first class honors, in International Relations from University of Melbourne, Australia in 1997 and a B.A. from Columbia University in 1995.

Experience

1. Partner

   Sidley Austin LLP

   Mar 2026 — Present · NY, US

Education

• Cornell Law School

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  1996 — 1999

• University of Melbourne

  Master of Arts, International Relations

  1995 — 1996

• Columbia College, Columbia University

  Ba, History

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Leveraged Finance
• Corporate Law
• Cross-Border Transactions