Barbara A. Jones

Practice Areas

Capital Markets

Corporate

Private Equity

Mergers & Acquisitions

Life Sciences & Medical Technology

Energy & Natural Resources

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Venture Capital & Emerging Technology

Innovation & Artificial Intelligence

Sports Law

Corporate Governance & Compliance

Blockchain & Digital Assets

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Mining

Fintech

Career

Barbara A. Jones is Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate practice. Barbara serves as Chair of the firm's interdisciplinary Blockchain & Digital Assets practice. Barbara maintains a diverse corporate and securities law practice across industry groups, emphasizing complex international and domestic transactions, including private and public financings, dual listings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic collaborations and joint ventures, and licensing transactions. She serves as a trusted advisor to public and private company boards of directors on governance matters and complex regulatory reporting and compliance issues. Barbara's clients include financial institutions, private equity and venture capital groups, and public and private companies in emerging technology, life sciences and biotechnology, defense and security, blockchain and digital assets, telecommunications, information technology, energy (traditional and renewable), mining, media, entertainment and sports. Barbara also represents Olympic and professional athletes and sports-related organizations.

Barbara practiced U.S. law in London from 1990 through 1997 with Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, and headed the international capital markets practice of Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 1999 to 2003 before relocating to Boston. From 1997 to 1999, she served as Vice-President, Assistant General Counsel and Regional Counsel for capital markets with J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since returning to the U.S., she has continued to actively represent public and private companies, private equity groups and investment banks in the European, Scandinavian, African and greater Asian markets, including China.

Barbara is a past chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on International Securities Matters. She is a frequent speaker at conferences relating to cross-border securities matters, strategic alternatives, and digital asset structures. She serves on the Government of Bermuda’s Global FinTech Advisory Board.

Concentrations:

International corporate finance

Public and private offerings of equity and debt securities

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Private equity and venture capital

Stock exchange listings and compliance

Corporate governance

General corporate and transactional matters

Licensing and strategic collaborations

Blockchain and digital assets

COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Task Force

Professional Memberships

Member, Law360 Editorial Advisory Board, Fintech, 2024

Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2020-present

Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Corporate Counsel, 2019-present

Member, Global Fintech Advisory Board, Government of Bermuda, 2019-present

Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Corporate Counsel, 2019-present

Member, Editorial Working Group, International M&A Due Diligence Project, American Bar Association, 2019

Member, Planning Committee, ABA Section on International Law, 2020 Annual Conference (Los Angeles), 2019-2020

Board Member, Pepperdine University School of Law, Board of Visitors, 1996-2018; Co-chair, The Campaign for Pepperdine

Member, American Bar Association, 1989-present; Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Subcommittee on International Securities Matters, 2005-present; Chair, 2008-2011; Vice-Chair, 2005-2008

Member, California Bar Association, 1989-present

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2017-present

Member, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, 2017-present

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2004-present

Member, Boston Bar Association, 2004-present

Member, Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, 2004-present; Member, Women’s Leadership Initiative Task Force

Massachusetts Women’s Bar Foundation, Family Law Project for Battered Women

Member, International Bar Association

Contributing Editor, California Corporate Practice and Forms Manual, 2013 edition, editing the chapter on compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Contributing Editor, Treatise on Securities Law: Public and Private Offerings, 2015 edition, to be published by Thomson Reuters/Westlaw

Member, Association for Corporate Growth, Boston and Los Angeles Chapters

Member, Board of Directors, Concussion Legacy Foundation (fka Sports Legacy Institute), 2010-2015; 2016-present; Chair, 2014

Member, Global Women in Blockchain, 2018-present

Judge and Mentor, MassChallenge, Inc., 2011

Member, Board of Directors and Secretary, Cambridge Boat Club, 2015-2017

Member, Board of Directors, Head of the Charles Regatta, 2021-present

Licensed Referee, US Rowing, 2014-present

Personal

J.D., magna cum laude, Pepperdine University School of Law

Editor-in-Chief, Pepperdine Law Review

B.A., with honors, Michigan State University