Practice Areas & Industries: Jones Day

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Jones Day is one of the world's largest and most recognized law firms, with more than 2,200 lawyers in 30 centers of finance around the globe. We assist companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of transactions, including initial public offerings, high-yield debt offerings, exchange transactions, rights offerings, investment-grade and hybrid debt offerings, and asset-backed offerings. Our representations include American Depositary Receipt and Global Depositary Receipt programs, domestic and foreign exchange offerings and listings, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, and privatizations of state-owned entities and assets.

According to Thomson Financial's US and European league tables for 3Q 2007, Jones Day ranked:

#6 for US Convertible Offerings - Issuer Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#7 for US Preferred Stock - Issuer Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#7 for US Preferred Stock - Issuer Legal Advisor, ranked by deal size (tied)
#9 for EMEA Common Stock - Manager Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#9 for EMEA Equity, Equity-related - Manager Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#12 for EMEA IPOs - Manager Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#13 for US Straight Debt - Excluding MBS, ABS - Issuer Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)
#13 for US Investment Grade Corporate Debt - Issuer Legal Advisor, ranked by number of issues (tied)

In addition, we assist our corporate clients with their communications with the public markets and their disclosure and reporting obligations and interpretive issues with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities and stock exchanges throughout the world. Our attorneys also work closely with lawyers in the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Restructuring & Reorganization practices in a wide range of corporate transactions. Whether you are an issuer or underwriter pursuing a financing strategy or a company communicating with your investors and regulators, Jones Day attorneys are prepared to assist you.

Contact(s)

Christopher M. Kelly
Cleveland
Tel: 1.216.586.3939
New York
Tel: 1.212.326.3939

Giles P. Elliott
London
Tel: 44.20.7039.5959

Jeffrey Maddox
Hong Kong
Tel: 852.2526.6895

Timothy J. Melton
Chicago
Tel: 1.312.782.3939