Stacey W.

Goff

Stacey brings more than 25 years of legal experience to Jones Walker, including almost two decades as general counsel for Lumen Technologies, Inc., a Fortune 500 telecommunications and technology company. During his tenure, he helped guide the company through transformational growth and numerous strategic initiatives, including multiple high-profile mergers and acquisitions with aggregate transaction values exceeding $80 billion. This firsthand experience as a C-suite executive gives Stacey unique insight into the concerns and priorities of corporate leaders, boards of directors, and other key stakeholders.

His practice focuses on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, crisis management, investor relations, human resources, and regulatory compliance. Stacey has extensive experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with sophisticated counterparties, debt holder activism and debt refinancings, managing board and CEO transitions and preparing for and responding to shareholder activism, addressing high-stakes litigation and regulatory matters, and developing and implementing crisis-management strategies.

Prior to joining Lumen, he served as an auditor for the federal Government Accountability Office. Stacey’s approach to legal issues is practical and business-oriented, reflecting his understanding that legal strategy must align with and support broader corporate objectives. As a result, clients benefit from his proven ability to balance risk mitigation with business growth imperatives.