After much anticipation, on March 24, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a series of new and extensive disclosure rules that would require all registered companies, including foreign private issuers, to include detailed climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports, and climate-related financial statement metrics in a note to their audited annual financial statements. Accelerated and large accelerated SEC reporting companies would also be required to engage an independent outside expert to provide an attestation report relating to additional quantitative disclosure on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Photo of Barbara A. Jones Barbara A. Jones

Barbara A. Jones is a member of the firm’s Global Securities practice group and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s interdisciplinary Blockchain & Cryptocurrency practice group. She is also co-coordinator of the firm’s interdisciplinary Conflict Minerals Compliance Initiative. Barbara maintains a diverse corporate

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Barbara A. Jones is a member of the firm’s Global Securities practice group and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s interdisciplinary Blockchain & Cryptocurrency practice group. She is also co-coordinator of the firm’s interdisciplinary Conflict Minerals Compliance Initiative. Barbara maintains a diverse corporate and securities law practice across industry groups, emphasizing complex international and domestic transactions, including blockchain and cryptocurrency transactions, private and public financings (including token offerings), dual listings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic collaborations and joint ventures, and licensing transactions. Her practice includes serving as a trusted advisor to public and private company boards of directors on governance and complex regulatory reporting and compliance issues. Barbara’s clients include financial institutions, private equity and venture capital groups, and companies in blockchain, life sciences and biotechnology, information technology, energy (traditional and renewable), mining, defense and security, telecommunications, media, entertainment and sports. Barbara is also active in the representation of Olympic athletes and sports-related organizations.

Barbara practiced U.S. law in London from 1990 through 2003, and headed the international capital markets practice of a major U.S. law firm 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 and strategic alternatives.

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Photo of Marc M. Rossell Marc M. Rossell

Marc M. Rossell, co-chair of the firm’s Latin America Practice, focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt securities offerings and structured financings. Marc has been involved in many of the largest securities offerings out of Latin America, including…

Marc M. Rossell, co-chair of the firm’s Latin America Practice, focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt securities offerings and structured financings. Marc has been involved in many of the largest securities offerings out of Latin America, including landmark privatization offerings by the Argentine government’s national oil company and telephone companies, the privatization of the Peruvian telephone company, as well as many high-yield debt offerings and equity offerings of companies in Argentina, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru and other countries. During the 1980s, he spent a considerable amount of time as bank advisory committee counsel, focusing on the restructuring of the external debt of many countries in Latin America. He also represents creditors and debtors in liability management transactions and has considerable experience with the issuance of project bonds to finance construction projects, many of which have won awards from industry publications.

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Photo of Joan D. Timmins Joan D. Timmins

Joan D. Timmins is an associate of the Corporate Practice. Joan focuses her practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and commercial transactions. She has experience drafting and updating limited partnership agreements, subscription agreements and private placement memoranda for private equity funds.

Joan D. Timmins is an associate of the Corporate Practice. Joan focuses her practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and commercial transactions. She has experience drafting and updating limited partnership agreements, subscription agreements and private placement memoranda for private equity funds. She has experience drafting SEC documents, including filings relating to fund reorganizations and liquidations, memoranda regarding new SEC rules, SEC rule proposals, and reviewing SEC findings and merger agreements. She also has experience negotiating and drafting side letters with investors and assisting U.S. registered investment companies in preparing agendas and memoranda for quarterly board meetings.

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