Jones Day Names New Head of Global Disputes Practice

Jones Day partner Sion Richards will head up the firm's global disputes practice, the firm announced. Based in London, Richards advises clients on "complex multijurisdictional investigations and litigation, with an emphasis on large-scale judgment or award enforcement cases as well as asset tracing, money laundering, and corruption investigations," the firm said. Richards takes over from Gregory Shumaker, who became managing partner Jan. 1.