Practice Areas & Industries: Jones Day

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Jones Day's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice is the largest single component of our nondisputes business and is among the largest M&A practices in the world. We represent bidders, targets, financial advisors, merchant bankers, and other parties in deals ranging from small, privately negotiated transfers of shares or assets to leveraged buyouts, domestic and cross-border public company combinations, joint ventures and strategic alliances, bankruptcy buyouts and other distressed M&A transactions, going-private transactions, and contested takeovers. Our lawyers are effective both at the negotiating table and in the boardroom, with significant experience regarding regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including independence requirements for board members and financial experts, as well as other audit committee requirements. We benefit from a broad and diverse client base, resulting in a team of lawyers with knowledge and experience in a wide range of industries.

Jones Day regularly ranks among the top law firms for the representation of principals in M&A transactions in all published league tables. Since 2000, both Thomson Financial and Bloomberg have ranked the Firm No. 1 for number of deals worldwide. In the past six years, Jones Day has advised on more than 3,000 completed M&A transactions, including more than 400 deals involving at least $100 million.

Interdisciplinary teaming is the central concept underlying our approach to substantial M&A assignments. Our M&A team is composed of corporate, tax, and regulatory lawyers who are recognized for their substantive knowledge and creativity. Our objective in any client engagement is to bring the Firm's extensive experience and scalable resources to bear on a real-time, cost-effective basis.

Parties to M&A transactions are increasingly likely to be based in two or more countries. Jones Day's global presence is a great benefit to companies involved in such transactions. With 30 locations in centers of business and finance throughout the world, Jones Day is positioned to do business where our clients do.

Contact(s)

Lyle G. Ganske
Cleveland
Tel: 1.216.586.3939

Robert A. Profusek
New York
Tel: 1.212.326.3939

Jere R. Thomson
New York
Tel: 1.212.326.3939

Mark E. Betzen
Dallas
Tel: 1.214.220.3939

Randall M. Walters
Columbus
Tel: 1.614.469.3939

Wesley R. Johnson Jr.
Paris
Tel: 33.1.56.59.39.39

Russell T. Carmedy
London
Tel: 44.20.7039.5959

Z. Alex Zhang
Shanghai
Tel: 86.21.2201.8000

H. John Kao
Hong Kong
Tel: 852.2526.6895