“Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” has ranked Jones Walker in the first band for Banking & Finance among firms in Louisiana since 2004. The majority of our work with clients in this industry relates to financial transactions and banking regulatory matters, though our attorneys have advised banks and financial institutions on diverse matters from several areas of practice, such as real estate, litigation, business and finance, and government relations.
Representative Matters
- Credit facility documentation
- Purchasing bonds and revenue anticipation notes
- Letter of credit and other credit enhancement devices
- Debt collection
- Monetization transactions
- Joint venture formation and agreements
- Tax credit program applications
- Venture capital investing
- 401(k) plan advices
- Investment fund formation
- Efforts to raise debt or equity capital
- Family trusts and transfer of trusts
- Title work
- Documenting security interests for vessel financing
- Government affairs representation and lobbying
- Escrow agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions and acquisition financing
- Note issuance
- Representation of securities intermediaries in domestic and international transactions
- Deposit account control agreements
- Disaster recovery seminars
- Arbitration
- Real estate development of branch locations
- Purchase of equity
- Divestiture
- Debt investment
- Project financing
- Asset-backed securities transactions
- Equipment and transportation equipment financings and leases
- Oil and gas financings
- Leveraged lease financings
- FINRA enforcement action defense
