Legal 500 EMEA 2024 ranks leading Jones Day practices and lawyers

April 23, 2024 Awards & Rankings

The 2024 edition of The Legal 500 EMEA guide ranks Jones Day in 78 practices, including nine Tier 1 rankings, and 285 lawyer rankings in Jones Day's European and Middle East offices. The lawyer rankings include 10 Hall of Fame lawyers, 36 Leading Individuals, nine Next Generation Partners, and 14 Rising Stars. Additional detail and highlights follow.

Clients hail Jones Day lawyers for their "superb cross-European knowledge and advice, including on complex technical matters," "very strong international presence and ability to serve in multiple countries" as well as their "extraordinary ability to work and proactively find solutions to any obstacle."

Additional comments from clients include:

"The team is focused, skilled, experienced, client-oriented with cross-border expertise. A dream to work with."
"The practice is unique for its in-depth knowledge of the sector, agile approach, and innovation. They provide client-centric services using cross-border experience."
"An extremely involved and creative team with a level of expertise without comparison. A game changer on complex cross-border files with real pragmatism."
"Jones Day is a firm that can be trusted and always offers cutting-edge solutions."

Jones Day lawyers ranked in Legal 500's "Hall of Fame" (lawyers widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession, and consistently ranked as "Leading Individuals") include:

Bernard Amory (Brussels) – Belgium: Competition - EU and global
Emmanuel Baud (Paris) – France: Intellectual Property - Trade marks and designs
Florent Bouyer (Paris) – France: Capital Markets - Equity Capital Markets
Alban Caillemer du Ferrage (Paris) – France: Derivatives and Structured Finance
Philippe Delelis (Paris) - France: Administrative and public law
Quirine Eenhorst (Amsterdam) – Netherlands: Investment Funds
Elie Kleiman (Paris) – France: Dispute Resolution - International Arbitration
Françoise Labrousse (Paris) – France: Environment
Javier López Antón (Madrid) – Spain: Banking and finance
Sheila Shadmand (Dubai) – UAE: Dispute Resolution - Compliance and investigations

Jones Day lawyers ranked as Legal 500 "Leading Individuals" (true market leaders, with long-established reputations in their sector, lead roles in multiple recent significant matters, and exceptional, widespread recognition and endorsement from peers) include:

Eric Barbier de la Serre (Paris) – France: EU competition and distribution
Fabienne Beuzit (Paris) – France: Insolvency
Chantal Biernaux (Brussels) – Belgium: Employment
Renaud Bonnet (Paris) – France: Private equity - Venture/growth capital
Thomas Bouvet (Paris) – France: Intellectual property: Patents
Nicolas Brice (Paris) – France: Industry focus - Energy (regulatory and public law)
Ferdinand Brughmans (Brussels) – Belgium: Banking, finance and capital markets
Philippe Delelis (Paris) – France: Industry focus - Energy (regulatory and public law)
Matthieu Duplat (Brussels) – Belgium: Banking, finance and capital markets
Kaarli Eichhorn (Brussels) – Belgium: Competition - EU and Global
Rémy Fekete (Paris) – France: Industry focus - Telecoms
Juan Ferré (Madrid) – Spain: Restructuring and insolvency
Vanessa Foncke (Brussels) – Belgium: Dispute Resolution
Paolo Foppiani (Milan) – Italy: Real Estate and Construction
Charles Gavoty (Paris) – France: Private equity - Venture/growth capital
Bénédicte Graulle (Paris) – France: Compliance
Michèle Grégoire (Brussels) – Belgium: Dispute resolution
Frédéric Gros (Paris) – France: Dispute resolution - Commercial litigation
Olivier Haas (Paris) – France: Industry focus - IT and internet
Jean-Pierre Harb (Paris) – France: Dispute resolution: International arbitration
Jörg Hladjk (Brussels) – Belgium: EU regulatory - Privacy and data protection
Qian Hu (Paris) – France: Derivatives and structured finance
Erwan Le Douce-Bercot (Paris) – France: Real Estate
Fernando Lillo (Madrid) – Spain: Projects and Energy
Florence Moulin (Paris) – France: Private equity - Fund formation
Holger Neumann (Frankfurt) – Germany: Industry focus - Telecoms
Floris Pierik (Amsterdam) – Netherlands: Private equity
Ansgar Rempp (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich) – Germany: Corporate and M&A - M&A: Large deals (€500m+)
Sheila Shadmand (Dubai) – UAE: Dispute resolution: Arbitration and international litigation
Cristiana Spontoni (Brussels) – Belgium: EU regulatory: Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotech
Christine Van Gallebaert (Paris) – France: Derivatives and structured finance
Ate van IJlzinga Veenstra (Amsterdam) – Netherlands: Investment Funds
Alexandre Verheyden (Brussels) – Belgium: Competition - Belgian law
Undine von Diemar (Munich) – Germany: Information technology - Data protection
Philipp Werner (Brussels) – Germany: Public sector - State aid
Nick Wittek (Frankfurt) – Germany: Banking and Finance - Fintech

Jones Day lawyers ranked by Legal 500 as "Next Generation Partners" (lawyers with (generally) five years of experience or fewer at partner level, significant recognition from clients and peers in the market, and recent lead roles on multiple matters) include:

Antonio Canales (Madrid) – Spain: Dispute Resolution
Laurent De Muyter (Brussels) – Belgium: Industry Focus: IT and Telecoms
Edouard Fortunet (Paris) – France: Intellectual property - Trade marks and designs
Jean-Gabriel Griboul (Paris) – France: Private equity - Venture/growth capital
Javier Muñoz Méndez (Madrid) – Spain: Real Estate and Construction
Armelle Sandrin-Deforge (Paris) – France: Environment
Elodie Simon (Paris) – France: Environment
Jonas Van Den Bossche (Brussels) – Belgium: Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Private Equity
Markus Weber (Düsseldorf) – Germany: Corporate and M&A - M&A: Large deals (€500m+)

Jones Day lawyers ranked by Legal 500 as "Rising Stars" (associate-level lawyers who appear frequently in significant matters and are widely cited by peers and/or clients) include:

Silvia Beggiato (Milan) – Italy: Real Estate and construction
Louise-Anne Bertin (Brussels) – Belgium: Real Estate and Construction
Colin Devinant (Paris) – France: Intellectual Property: Patents
Alexandre Heydel (Paris) – France: Mergers and acquisitions
Anouk in den Kleef (Amsterdam) – Netherlands: Investment Funds
Marta Lahuerta Escolano (Paris) – France: Industry Focus - Telecoms
Marine L’Hostis (Paris) – France: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Martin Lotz (Munich) – Germany: Information technology - Data protection
Claire Pauly (Paris) – France: Dispute Resolution - International Arbitration
Flavia Poujade (Paris) – France: Real Estate
Eddy Prothiere (Paris) – France: Intellectual Property: Patents
Natalia Sauszyn (Paris) – France: Capital Markets - Debt Capital Markets
Geoffroy van de Walle (Brussels) – Belgium: Competition - EU and Global
Kevin Wilcock (Düsseldorf) – Germany: Antitrust

The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in more than 150 jurisdictions. Legal 500's research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms, and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

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.