The Legal 500

Jones Day is distinguished by: a singular tradition of client service; the mutual commitment to, and the seamless collaboration of, a true partnership; formidable legal talent across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions; and shared professional values that focus on client needs.

The firm’s 125 years of sustained growth in experience, reputation and successful client interaction have been built by its dedication to a ‘One Firm Worldwide’ philosophy, which fosters the creation of interoffice and cross-practice teams, assembled to ensure that clients receive the best possible guidance and representation, without regard to barriers conventionally imposed by geography, borders, time zones or language.

Jones Day provides a full range of dispute, regulatory, and transactional practices to guide clients through significant and complex legal matters. Clients from around the world tap the legal experience and professional skills of lawyers in more than 30 practice and cross-practice categories. Year after year, Jones Day’s cohesive partnership continues to earn accolades from industry groups and publications, acknowledgment from peers, and recognition from both new and established clients. Some of these highlights include:

• The American Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year (2018).
  • BTI Client Service A-Team (2018). Jones Day’s commitment to client service has earned the firm the #1 spot for Client Service 10 times - more than any other law firm - in the BTI Consulting Group’s ‘Client Service A-Team’ report, including for 2018. Jones Day is the first firm to achieve ‘Best of the Best’ status in all 17 categories driving superior client service, and has done this two years running. Since the survey’s inception, the firm has been included among the elite firms elected to the BTI Client Service Hall of Fame.

• • Listed among the Top 10 Best Corporate Law Firms (2017). Jones Day has ranked in the top 10 every year since 2000 in the Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting annual survey of the best corporate law firms.

• • Law360 ‘Practice Groups of the Year’ (2017). Jones Day’s bankruptcy, intellectual property, and trials practices were named ‘Practice Groups of the Year.’

• • #1 for Number of M&A Deals Worldwide 18 Consecutive Years (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters). (2017)

• • BTI Litigation Outlook (2018). Recognized as a ‘Litigation Powerhouse’ based on interviews with Fortune 100 companies.

• • Acritas U.S. Law Firm Brand Index (2018). #1 U.S. law firm brand based on ‘awareness’ and ‘favorability’ of law firms generally and specifically for ‘Top-Level Litigation,’ ‘Major M&A,’ and ‘Most Used Overall.’

• • Global Competition Review (2017). Jones Day’s antitrust practice has been in the GCR 100 every year since its inception in 1999, and among the top 10 of the Global Elite for nine consecutive years.

• • BTI “Best at Cybersecurity: Corporate Counsel Rank the Law Firms Leading the Charge on Change” (2017). Jones Day ranked among the premier global law firms for cybersecurity matters.

• • U.S. News - Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ (2018). 32 Jones Day practices received a National Tier 1 ranking and “Law Firm of the Year” designations were awarded in the Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights and Litigation - Antitrust categories.

Main areas of practice

• Antitrust and competition
• Banking, finance and securities
• Business and tort litigation
• Business restructuring and reorganization
• Capital markets
• Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection
• Employee benefits and executive compensation
• Energy
• Environmental, health and safety
• Financial institutions litigation and regulation
• Global disputes
• Government regulation
• Health care
• Insurance recovery
• Intellectual property
• Investigations and white-collar defense
• Issues and appeals
• Labor and employment
• Life sciences
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity
• Projects and infrastructure
• Real estate
• Securities litigation and SEC enforcement
• Tax
• Technology

• Managing Partner
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• Stephen J Brogan
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• US Offices
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• Atlanta
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• Boston
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• Chicago
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• Cleveland
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• Columbus
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• Dallas
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• Houston
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• Irvine
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• Los Angeles
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• Miami
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• Minneapolis
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• New York
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• Pittsburgh
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• San Diego
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• San Francisco
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• Silicon Valley
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• Washington DC
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• Other Offices
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• Alkhobar
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• Amsterdam
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• Beijing
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• Brisbane
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• Brussels
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• Düsseldorf
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• Dubai
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• Frankfurt
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• Hong Kong
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• London
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• Madrid
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• Melbourne
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• Mexico City
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• Milan
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• Moscow
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• Munich
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• Paris
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• Perth
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• Riyadh
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• São Paulo
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• Shanghai
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• Singapore
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• Sydney
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• Taipei
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• Tokyo
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• Number of Lawyers: 2,500