Practice Areas & Industries: Jones Day

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Jones Day's lawyers have vast experience representing companies and senior executives in all facets of Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions. We have successfully defended against many formal and informal SEC investigations of insider trading, manipulation, and other allegations of securities fraud. Due to their status in this area of the law, our partners frequently receive and accept invitations to speak on SEC enforcement issues to the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, the Association of General Counsel, and many other organizations. These lawyers also routinely deal with the issues of grand jury investigations, as well as private civil lawsuits related to SEC investigations. This is important in an era when Sarbanes-Oxley and related regulatory enactments have expanded corporate executives' liability for securities, accounting, and other frauds related to the filing of financial statements.