Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services
- Business & Commercial Transactions
- Corporate & Securities
- Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
Practice-Specific Experience
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1990, with honors; Order of the Coif; Member, University of Chicago Law Review
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1985, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Baker Scholarship; Foley Medal
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1990
Dionne Rousseau is the lead outside corporate and securities counsel for six public companies, and is the boardroom lawyer for three of those companies. She has more than 18 years of experience handling corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions transactions for public and private companies. Transactions handled include a $750 million at-the-market common stock offering for a Fortune 500® Company; a $1 billion debt refinancing, including $300 million senior subordinated notes and a $200 million debt tender offer; a $250 million senior convertible note offering (Rule 144A); a $40 million acquisition by a public company of private company assets; and a management leveraged buyout of a publicly traded company. She provides ongoing corporate and securities law advice to public companies and their boards of directors, including compliance with the corporate governance requirements of the securities laws and trading markets, reviewing Forms 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements and press releases, and handling board and executive compensation matters. Ms. Rousseau also represents companies and funds in connection with private equity transactions. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and an organizer of the Tulane Burkenroad Reports SEC Conference. Prior to practicing law, she was an investment banker with PaineWebber (now UBS) in New York City.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Corporate Law and Securities Law (listed annually since 1999)
- Recognized by "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Corporate/M&A (annually since 2005)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
- Selected by New Orleans CityBusiness as one of the leading 50 attorneys in New Orleans in 2005 and 2007, and as one of New Orleans CityBusiness' 2003 Women of the Year
News
- 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
- Jones Walker Top-Ranked in Chambers USA
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Jones Walker Attorneys and Practices Ranked by “Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
Presentations
- "SEC Update: Overview of New Rules & Proposals", April 2005
- "The End of the Sarbanes-Oxley Storm and What Lies Ahead: Overview of Recent SEC and Stock Market Rules", April 2004
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Bureau of Governmental Research (Treasurer, Secretary, and Executive Committee Member, 2001–2003; Board Member, 1998–2003)
- Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. (Board Member, 2003–2007)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
