Alexandra Layfield joined Jones Walker's Corporate & Securities Practice Group in 2008. Ms. Layfield's practice is exclusively transactional, concentrating principally on the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and corporate governance matters. Alexandra Layfield is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.
At Jones Walker, she leads the firm’s corporate, securities and executive compensation team. Alex serves as outside corporate and securities counsel for public companies, including acting as boardroom lawyer. She handles corporate finance transactions such as tender offers and public and private securities offerings of debt and equity, as well as mergers and acquisition transactions for public and private companies
Ms. Layfield's principal area of focus is counseling corporations on corporate governance matters and the related disclosure requirements of the securities laws and trading markets, including reviewing annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and press releases, as well as representing issuers in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including tender offers, public and private securities offerings of debt and equity. She coordinates periodic review and compliance with internal company policies including insider trading policies, and ethics and business conduct policies, and also handles board and executive compensation matters for clients.
Alex coordinates periodic reviews of and compliance with internal company policies, including corporate governance guidelines, insider trading, and ethics and business conduct policies, and handles board and executive compensation matters, shareholder activism defense, and shareholder engagement. Alex also advises clients on general corporate law, including the new Louisiana Business Corporation Act.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Alexandra Clark Layfield
- UPDATE: NYSE Proposes Additional Changes to Related Party Transactions Rule - (Posted On Thursday, August 26, 2021)
- SEC Approves Nasdaq Board Diversity Proposals - (Posted On Monday, August 09, 2021)
- SEC Approves NYSE’s Proposed Permanent Changes to Shareholder Approval Rules for Related Party and 20% Security Issuances and Clarifies Related Party Transactions Requirements - (Posted On Tuesday, April 27, 2021)
- Department of Labor Issues Final Proxy Voting Rules for ERISA Plan Fiduciaries - (Posted On Tuesday, January 12, 2021)
- Nasdaq Board Diversity Proposal - (Posted On Monday, December 14, 2020)
- Louisiana Legislature Adopts Amendments To Louisiana Business Corporation Act - (Posted On Monday, October 19, 2020)
- Update: Recent SEC Amendments to Disclosure Rules Regarding Business Description, Legal Proceedings, and Risk Factors Are Effective November 9, 2020 - (Posted On Tuesday, October 13, 2020)
- Further Update: NYSE Extends the Waiver of Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements Through the End of 2020 Due to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic - (Posted On Monday, October 05, 2020)
- SEC Finalizes Changes to the Requirements for Submission of Shareholder Proposals: Prepare for 2022 Proxy Season - (Posted On Friday, September 25, 2020)
- It’s Time to Review Your Bylaws and Anti-Takeover Protections - (Posted On Tuesday, July 21, 2020)
Alexandra Layfield leads Jones Walker’s corporate, securities and executive compensation team, and she is a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for her articles on SEC updates and amendments to shareholder disclosure and approval requirements, proxy rules, and guidance related to needed updates to corporate governance documents including by-laws and anti-takeover protections. Ms. Layfield’s extensive background really comes through in her timely analysis of corporate governance changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.