Jayant W.Tambe (Jay)

Jay Tambe is leader of Jones Day's Financial Markets Practice and has more than 30 years of experience advising financial institutions on litigation matters involving the most complex products, transactions, and issues. Many of his cases involve cross-border disputes, and he is well-versed in navigating international discovery and judgment enforcement.

With a deep understanding of the banking and financial markets, Jay advises on a broad range of cross-border financial transactions, regulatory matters, investigations, and litigation. Clients routinely seek his advice on matters involving sensitive and emerging issues. Jay has litigated significant structured products and derivatives matters for Citigroup, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and for other Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs), including precedent-setting litigations. He led the team that prevailed in the very first appeal before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's (ISDA) external review panel for credit derivatives. He has represented U.S. and European GSIBs in multiple antitrust class actions across financial products. Given his extensive experience, Jay routinely provides prelitigation advice on documentation and risk mitigation and is a frequent speaker at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and other industry groups.

Jay has earned numerous awards and recognitions for his legal achievements. Chambers has described Jay as "really great at strategic thinking and brings a big-picture perspective that others lose in the weeds." In addition, Jay is a member of the Firm's Advisory and Partnership Committees. He is also active in the community, including serving on the board of the American India Foundation.