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Jones Day

Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

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Asia-Pacific

Firm Details:

Managing Partner: Gregory M. Shumaker

U.S. Offices: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.

Europe and Middle East Offices: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris

Asia-Pacific Offices: Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo

Latin America Offices: Mexico City, São Paulo

Firm Overview:

Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents. The firm 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.

Jones Day is an institutional partner for clients who seek counsel that seeks to understand them and their needs; that communicates with clients about their needs and the different tactics available for addressing those needs; that works seamlessly and impressively across offices and practices and with the client; that provides talent and expertise across subject areas and geographies; and that brings commitment and courage to the relationship and its engagements. The firm is formidable because every partner and every client has the entire global institution at their command and is a high priority of the firm as a whole. Jones Day are true partners, with each other and, even more importantly, with their clients.

Main Areas of Practice:

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business & Tort Litigation
  • Business Restructuring & Reorganisation
  • Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Energy
  • Financial Markets
  • Global Disputes
  • Government Regulation
  • Health Care & Life Sciences
  • Insurance Recovery
  • Intellectual Property
  • Investigations & White Collar Defence
  • Issues & Appeals
  • Labor & Employment
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate
  • State Attorneys General Enforcement, Investigations & Litigation
  • Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
  • Tax
  • Technology

Regions of Practice:

United States:

Surveys repeatedly list Jones Day as one of the most frequently engaged law firms by U.S. corporations for both transactional and disputes matters, and among the leaders in client service. Jones Day’s more than 1,600 lawyers across its 18 U.S. offices collaborate to serve clients across practices and geographies on all major matters that span time-honored practices (antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and government regulation) to more recently established and expanded areas (cybersecurity, life sciences, energy, and technology) that specifically address the contemporary challenges of an increasingly complex global business and legal environment.

Europe & Middle East:

Jones Day provides a significant presence in Europe that offers clients more than 500 lawyers from its nine European offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris. The firm’s lawyers counsel clients in administrative and public law, banking and finance, capital markets, competition law and regulatory, derivatives, market infrastructures, dispute resolution, and investigations. In the Middle East, lawyers are based in the firm’s office in Dubai. They have accumulated significant experience in most of the region’s key industries and jurisdictions, advising on mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions, projects and infrastructure, commercial transactions, real estate and construction matters, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.

Asia-Pacific:

Jones Day has committed substantial resources and capacity to serve each of Asia’s distinct markets, including China, Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia. Spread throughout 10 offices in the region, the firm’s 250+ lawyers represent clients in practice areas including antitrust, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, energy, global disputes, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, and several others. The majority of Jones Day’s Asia-based lawyers are admitted to practice local law in their home jurisdictions. Most have practiced in more than one country, enabling Jones Day’s Asia team to render multijurisdictional legal services. Jones Day has been granted a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice license (QFLP) in Singapore.

Latin America:

Jones Day is one of the leading global law firms serving the Latin American region through its offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, along with attorneys based in key business and legal centers such as New York, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and Madrid. Jones Day’s Latin American experience extends to mergers and acquisitions, investigations and anti-corruption, projects and infrastructure, banking and finance, energy, dispute resolution, business restructuring, private equity and capital markets.

Main Areas of Practice:

From offices on five continents, Jones Day’s clients tap the experience and knowledge of its lawyers on complex transactions, high-stakes litigation, cybersecurity, capital markets activities, intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance, tax issues, and virtually every other type of legal matter potentially impacting the modern national or multinational corporation.

Ranked Offices

Provided by Jones Day

USA - Head office
Australia
  • Brisbane
    Level 8 Suite 20, 320 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, QLD4000
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    Melbourne
    Level 51, Rialto Towers, 525 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, VIC 3000
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    Sydney
    Aurora Place, Level 41, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, NSW 2000
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China
  • Hong Kong
    31st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Japan
  • Tokyo
    The Okura Prestige Tower, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 105-0001
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Singapore
  • Singapore
    138 Market Street, Level 28 CapitaGreen, Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 048946
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UK

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Jones Day

Global Practice Guide
Chizuru Yoshida
Shunji Fukasaka
Michiru Takahashi
Benjamin Lang
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Chizuru Yoshida, Shunji Fukasaka, Michiru Takahashi, Benjamin Lang
Article • Feb 2024

Jones Day rankings

Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
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Asia-Pacific Region
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
Department
Corporate/M&A
5
Corporate/M&A
5
Band 5
Energy & Natural Resources
1 Department
Department
Energy & Natural Resources
4
Energy & Natural Resources
4
Band 4
Intellectual Property
1 Department
Department
Intellectual Property
1
Intellectual Property
1
Band 1
Life Sciences
1 Department
Department
Life Sciences
2
Life Sciences
2
Band 2
Projects & Infrastructure
1 Department
Department
Projects & Infrastructure
4
Projects & Infrastructure
4
Band 4
Australia
Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
3
Alastair Gourlay
3
Band 3
Banking & Finance: Corporate Finance
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
3
Alastair Gourlay
3
Band 3
Competition/Antitrust
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition/Antitrust
5
Competition/Antitrust
5
Band 5
Lawyers
Prudence Smith
4
Prudence Smith
4
Band 4
Matthew Bull
5
Matthew Bull
5
Band 5
Construction
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Construction
4
Construction
4
Band 4
Lawyers
John Cooper
2
John Cooper
2
Band 2
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Corporate/M&A
4
Corporate/M&A
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Mark Crean
3
Mark Crean
3
Band 3
Dispute Resolution
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Dispute Resolution
3
Dispute Resolution
3
Band 3
Lawyers
John Emmerig
2
John Emmerig
2
Band 2
Holly Sara
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Holly Sara
U
Up and Coming
Employment: New South Wales
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Adam Salter
3
Adam Salter
3
Band 3
Energy & Natural Resources
1 Department
Department
Energy & Natural Resources
4
Energy & Natural Resources
4
Band 4
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Tony J. Wassaf
2
Tony J. Wassaf
2
Band 2
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