Jones Walker LLP

We have extensive experience in transactions involving the establishment of de novo banks, savings associations, bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, and investment banks. Our attorneys also advise clients on branch acquisitions and divestitures, charter conversions, transactions between banks and their affiliates, and regulatory filings required in connection with financial institution changes of control. In addition to advising on other de novo banking-related matters, our attorneys provide clients with guidance as to whether a new organization should be chartered as a national bank, a state bank, or a state or federal thrift; whether to form a holding company at the time of formation; and capital-formation initiatives.

Diversity Mission Statement

Jones Walker LLP strives to encourage, foster and increase diversity across the firm. To this end, the Diversity Committee has adopted the goal of fostering a work environment that welcomes different perspectives, backgrounds and life experiences and ensures that an individual’s professional growth, experience or advancement is not limited because of gender, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or other similar factor.

Purposes of the Diversity Committee

• To increase awareness of the importance of diversity within the firm and of the means by which diversity enriches the firm;
• To encourage all lawyers and staff members to develop mutual respect and appreciation for different perspectives and backgrounds; and
• To develop and implement strategies to assist the firm in recruiting, retaining and advancing staff and lawyers from diverse backgrounds.
• Jones Walker values all employees who contribute positively to the firm’s practice, the firm’s environment, and the greater community we serve.

In 2009, Jones Walker was named to MultiCultural Law Magazine’s list of "Top 100 Law Firms for Women," part of a series of listings of the top 100 law firms for diversity. The listings are compiled based on diversity statistics derived from annual surveys that the publication sends to law firms with more than 100 attorneys.