The global integration of organizations and capital markets has fueled parallel growth in international or cross-border litigation. Non-U.S.-headquartered entities doing business in the U.S. or that have U.S. affiliates or subsidiaries must adhere to U.S. law and to the consequences of noncompliance, just as U.S. concerns operating overseas must consider the legal implications—both U.S. and non-U.S.—of their activities abroad. Each time a civil dispute or criminal investigation touches a multinational organization or international transaction, it triggers complex substantive, jurisdictional, and procedural issues concerning the application and enforcement of U.S. and foreign law. In this respect, Jones Day's international resources and international arbitration and litigation experience have proven to be invaluable in assisting organizations facing such challenges.

Jones Day long ago recognized that as business operations have become more global and sophisticated, effective legal representation must keep pace. Today the Firm's overall litigation practice numbers more than 1,100 litigators, including approximately 80 litigators in Europe and 65 in Asia. Collectively, they possess enormous experience not only in the domestic laws of trading nations and developing countries, but also in applying multilateral and bilateral conventions and treaties that affect international legal disputes. With offices located in leading commercial and financial centers in Europe and Asia as well as in the major U.S. cities, all linked by a common technology and communications platform, Jones Day is positioned to respond to arbitration and cross-border dispute matters wherever they arise.

Geographic diversity is a hallmark of Jones Day. With arbitration lawyers resident in nearly all of our offices, we can provide arbitration services throughout the world. In any geographic location, operating in any industry, Jones Day’s clients benefit from the Firm's multilingual capabilities and extensive experience with the established institutions, rules, laws, and pool of potential arbitrators in international arbitration. Jones Day also monitors the ever-changing body of national arbitration legislation and case law and assists clients through the gamut of alternative dispute resolution options—mediation, dispute review boards (increasingly prevalent, particularly in the construction industry), or full-blown arbitration—in order to settle disputes effectively. We also provide advice on how to avoid or enforce arbitration agreements, as well as how to challenge or enforce arbitration awards.

We provide local litigation services in most offices or through the coordinated representation of a client's interest in court through a locally licensed advocate in those locales and jurisdictions where we may be prohibited from directly delivering legal services.