Sarah Batley > Jones Day > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The team at Jones Day boasts a ‘incredibly impressive marriage of fastidious attention to factual detail and carefully thought out litigation strategy’ and routinely acts on commercially sensitive, complex disputes. ‘Hugely charismatic and confident practitioner’ Sion Richards heads up the team, advising on multijurisdictional investigations and high-value civil litigation. Also of note are ‘top class litigation partner’ Rhys Thomas, ‘exceptionally talented partners’ Ben Larkin and Adam Brown, and ‘very bright’ Daniel Travers. At associate level, Sarah Batley is commended for her ‘good litigation instincts’.

Trusted by a diverse roster of bluechip multinational clients, the competition group at Jones Day possesses capabilities across the full scope of merger clearances, antitrust investigations, and competition litigation matters. The practice is spearheaded by Mark Jones who focuses his practice on obtaining competition clearances for M&A transactions and joint ventures; he joined the practice from Hogan Lovells International LLP in March 2022. Jason Beer is recommended for his extensive experience advising on UK, EU and international competition law issues, including complex multi-jurisdictional merger control matters. Sarah Batley and Nicholas Cotter are also noted.