Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sidley Austin LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$489M
Total assets Above avg plan size
616
Participants Below avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$793,895
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners · Sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$489M in assets, 616 participants

Sidley Austin LLP's Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners reported $489M in total assets and 616 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #21,245 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)

Where Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners sits by assets

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $489M for 616 participants (~$793,895/participant), down 14.9% in 2022.

#21,245
in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
-14.9%
assets change YoY
4.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $86M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners's outsized position by total assets

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$489,039,385 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners sits mid-pack in the medium band (616 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 364474078 · Sidley Austin LLP PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners · $489M · 616 · 98th

  • SCH $489M
  • EBSA 616
  • PART 98th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Retirement Plan for Union Represented Employees
  • BOOK ind #21245

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners in the asset neighbourhood

Tyco Electronics Pension Plan$490MNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc.Non-Contributory Retirement …$489MSidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for PartnersSidley Austin LLP Cash Balan…$489MRetirement Plan for Union Represented EmployeesRetirement Plan for Union Re…$489MHaworth Pension Plan$488M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$575M
Net Assets (End of Year)$489M
Net Income-$86M
Employer EIN364474078
Plan Effective Date2000-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sidley Austin LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sidley Austin LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.5B 26.655336780533283% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.76B $3.5B ▲ +26.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 5,794 $2.8B
2023 5 6,260 $3.2B
2024 5 6,174 $3.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners, Total assets ($B): 0.489039385 · Participants: 616Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for PartnersCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.629770802 · Participants: 50096Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 32.129102809 · Participants: 49052State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.958716532 · Participants: 20170United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.304502684 · Participants: 0John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.770339506 · Participants: 16809Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Union Represented Employees in NJ ($489M); by covered participants it is Wps Pension Plan in WI (616 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (616 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners assets move in 2022? ▼
Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners pulled back noticeably - down 14.9% during 2022, from $575M to $489M. Reported net income was -$86M.
How have Sidley Austin LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sidley Austin LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.7%, from $2.8B to $3.5B.
Where does Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Union Represented Employees in NJ ($489M, 853 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sidley Austin LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Partners? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wps Pension Plan in WI (616 participants, $321M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 364474078.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.