The firm's financial
services practice is exceptionally varied. Jones Bell
represents retail brokers, securities dealers, banks
and investment banks in civil litigation, arbitrations
and mediations. We also represent clients in regulatory
and enforcement matters before the SEC, the CFTC,
and self-regulatory organizations in the securities
and commodities markets such as the NASD, NFA, and
NYSE. The firm has also represented receivers and
trustees appointed in federal and state securities
and commodities enforcement matters, and has acted
as counsel to liquidation trustees under SIPA.
In
addition to the litigation of securities matters,
Jones Bell offers guidance through many types of complex
securities transactions. Those services range from
the drafting of private placement memoranda, financing
agreements, and the structuring of new ventures to
mergers and acquisitions.
Representative
clients of the firm's financial services practice
include Morgan Stanley DW Inc., Wachovia Securities,
Inc., the Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
RBC Dain Rauscher, TD Waterhouse Investor Services,
Inc., and Ameritrade.