Jones Day's involvement with metals and mining clients dates back to the Firm's origins in the late 19th century and currently encompasses major participants in these industries in all global regions where the Firm has offices. Metals and mining companies, typically being capital intensive and focused on long lead time projects to provide investor returns, have demanded top-quality legal services in all aspects of their businesses. There are just a few, select law firms that possess the industry expertise and experience to meet these demands. Jones Day is one of these firms.

Jones Day's clients include iron ore mining companies, steel scrap substitute producers, integrated steel companies, mini mill steel producers, downstream steel fabricators and producers, subituminous coal mining companies, lignite coal suppliers, industrial sands producers, aggregate mining companies, integrated aluminum producers, aluminum-rolled products companies and internet steel trading firms. In addition, Jones Day clients include investors in the metals and mining industries, including investors in distressed assets, financial institutions specializing in lending to the metals and mining industries, and investment banks assisting metals and mining companies in raising capital.

Jones Day offers the broad array of legal services that participants in the metals and mining industries typically require in the conduct of their businesses. The Firm has the significant project finance capability that is required by capital intensive businesses that engage in long-term investment projects. It has the antitrust counseling and litigation expertise that are sought by basic commodity producers, particularly those that participate in markets with just a few key participants. Historically, the metals and mining industries have been characterized by significant cyclicality, and we have been major participants in a number of the industry's largest restructurings. When the industry cycles have improved, Jones Day has assisted metals and mining clients in accessing the capital markets to raise equity and debt funding. Regardless of the industry cycle, the Firm has provided merger and acquisition services in an extraordinary range of transactions involving metals and mining companies, including both mega-deals that are industry transforming and private transactions that are accretive only over time. In addition to these transaction-driven representations, Jones Day provides the basic contract and commercial law counseling, securities law disclosure guidance, environmental compliance, real estate expertise and litigation support that are needed by metals and mining companies in the conduct of ongoing business.

Various segments of the metals and mining industries continually undertake significant efforts to develop new technologies for mining and processing their basic commodity products. Jones Day has provided the intellectual property muscle to assist in the development and implementation of these new technologies. In particular, these clients have drawn on the Firm's legal expertise in licensing and private capital formation for technology commercialization.

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Lyle G. Ganske
Cleveland
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Michael G. Marting
Cleveland
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Michael Pabst
London
Tel: 44.20.7039.5959
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