Jones Day

Led from New York by Henry Klehm and with vast geographical resources throughout the length and breadth of the country, Jones Day is well-placed to clients on big-ticket securities class actions, irrespective of geographical location. The ‘incredibly responsive’ team is also well-equipped to advise on standalone or parallel agency investigations/enforcement actions, with access to numerous former agency officials adding further credibility and insight to work in the space. Former senior SEC attorney, Dallas-based David Peavler is one such practitioner, with his arrival at the beginning of 2023 bolstering the practice, including in relation to work for energy companies subject to SEC regulatory scrutiny. Praised for his willingness to ’think outside the box’, Cleveland-based Geoffrey Ritts is key to the firm’s success at helping companies and their officers and directors defend against claims of securities fraud and derivative shareholder actions, regularly achieving an early dismissal of cases under the heightened pleading standards laid out by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). Other key practitioners include ‘phenomenal’ San Francisco-based attorney John Tang, who has niche expertise defending Chinese companies against alleged US securities law violations; ’capable and hardworking’ Atlanta-based attorney Mike McConnell; New York-based Nina Yadeva; and Marjorie Duffy, who excels at handling derivative actions before the Delaware Court of Chancery from her office in Columbus.