Panelists

Julie Jones
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Julie Jones is head of the firm's Federal Securities & Public Companies practice. Julie focuses on representing public companies, investment banks and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and 144A financings. She also counsels clients on a wide range of securities law compliance and governance issues. She is a member of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and a frequent speaker on securities law matters for the Practising Law Institute, Massachusetts Continuing Law Education and various other professional organizations. Ms. Jones has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America, the Legal 500, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and Massachusetts Super Lawyers. She received an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Wellesley College and completed a J.D., magna cum laude, at Cornell Law School where she graduated with the Order of the Coif. Ms. Jones is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.