Firm Overview

Firm overview

Tracing our origins to 1893, today Jones Day encom- Department of the Year by The American Lawyer, as passes more than 2,200 lawyers resident in 30 loca- well as a top-five finalist for Litigation Department of the tions worldwide and ranks among the world’s largest Year. Thomson Financial, one of the foremost authori- and most geographically diverse law firms. Surveys ties on financial industry performance, ranked Jones repeatedly list Jones Day as one of the law firms most Day number one for number of M&A deals completed frequently engaged by U.S. corporations, and many worldwide in each quarter since the end of 2000. of our lawyers have achieved national recognition in their disciplines. The Firm acts as principal outside counsel to, or pro- vides significant legal representation for, more than For the third time in the past five years, the BTI half of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide Consulting Group, a market research and management variety of other entities, including privately held com- consulting firm for buyers and sellers of professional panies, financial institutions, investment firms, health services, ranked Jones Day number one for client ser- care providers, retail chains, foundations, educational vice in a survey of 200 Fortune 1000 corporate coun- institutions, and individuals. sel. In 2004, the Firm was also named Product Liability Recent Achievements

SOURCE RECOGNITION

The American Lawyer First “Litigation Department of the Year” Winner (2002); Finalist (2004); Honorable Mention (2005) Named “Product Liability Department of the Year” (2004); Finalist (2005)

Asian Legal Business Named “International Law Firm of the Year,” China Law (2005) Named “Arbitration Law Firm of the Year,” Southeast Asia (2005 and 2006) Named “North American Law Firm of the Year” (2003)

Bloomberg Ranked #1 worldwide for number of M&A deals in three of the year’s most active industries—Telecom, Diversified Operations, and Real Estate (2004) One of the top five U.S. bankruptcy law firms (2001 and 2002) Ranked #1 worldwide for number of Real Estate M&A deals (2003, 2004, and 2005)

The BTI Consulting Group, Inc. Ranked #1 for client service (2002, 2004, and 2006) and earned BTI Client Service Hall of Fame status (2006) Ranked #3 in the BTI Power Elite (2005) Ranked “Best of the Best” in BTI Tech-Savvy Team for Law Firms (2003)

Chambers and Partners Named U.S. “Litigation Firm of the Year” (2003) Chosen as “Litigation—International Law Firm of the Year” (2002)

Corporate Board Member Ranked #5, “America’s Best Corporate Law Firms” (2005 and 2006)

Corporate Counsel Received the most mentions overall in “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies” (2005)

Dealogic Ranked #1 in wind power project finance by value and number of deals (2004)

IP Law & Business Ranked #1, Top IP Firms and IP Litigators, “Who Protects IP America” (2005)

Thomson Financial & Bloomberg Top M&A firm for number of deals worldwide (2000–2006) To win International Law Firm of the Year, To win Internranka amongtiona thel La bestw Firm everywhere. of the year, The American Lawyer First Litigation Department of the Year award (2002), finalist (2004), honorable mention (2005) Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year (2004), rank amongfinalist (2005)the best everywhere. Asian Legal Business International Law Firm of the Year for China Law (2005) Arbitration Law Firm of the Year for Southeast Asia (2005–2006) International Law Firm of the Year (2003) North American Law Firm of the Year (2003) Bloomberg SurveysTop five, U.S. bankruptcy repeatedly law firms (2001 andlist 2002) Jones Day as one of Number one for number of real estate M&A deals (2003–2005) The BTI Consulting Group, Inc. Number one for client service (2002, 2004 and 2006) Client Service Hall of Fame (2006) theRanked law “Best offirms the Best,” tech-savvymost law frequentlyfirm (2003) engaged by U.S. Chambers and Partners U.S. Litigation Firm of the Year (2003) Corporate Board Member corporations,Top five, America’s Best Corporate and Lawyers many (2005 and of2006) our lawyers have Corporate Counsel Most mentions overall, Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies (2005) Dealogic achievedNumber one in wind national power project finance recognition by value and number of in their disciplines. deals (2004) Thomson Financial & Bloomberg Number one for number of M&A deals worldwide (2000–2006)

2200 lawyers in 30 locations. One firm worldwide. www.jonesday.com Jones Day is an integrated partnership that operates as ADDITIONAL INFORMATION one Firm worldwide, and this structure brings the appropri- ate talent and experience from across the Firm to bear on For additional information regarding Jones Day, please con- matters originating in any office. Our goal is to demonstrate tact your principal Firm representative. General e-mail mes- sensitivity to clients’ objectives and understand the eco- sages may be sent using our “Contact Us” form, which can nomic issues, industry trends, and client concerns implicated be found at www.jonesday.com. by the problems, transactions, and controversies brought to our attention.

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