Jeanette C. Timmons

Partner

Jeanette C. Timmons practices corporate and securities law for a wide variety of both public and private companies.  During the course of her career, she has been involved in all aspects of corporate finance and securities law, with a particular focus on representation of public and private companies in capital formation activities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities regulation.  Her practice also includes banking law, particularly as it relates to bank formations and acquisitions and bank holding company regulation, as well as broker-dealer and investment advisor compliance matters.

Ms. Timmons has served as securities counsel to NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq-listed public companies across a variety of industries, including banking and financial services, energy, franchising and retail.  Her representation of private companies has included companies in banking, technology, food services, health care and investment management.  She has also served as corporate and securities counsel to a bank holding company owning the largest state-chartered bank in Oklahoma, representing this company in its initial public offering, various acquisition transactions, both public and private, two separate preferred trust offerings to institutional purchasers followed by registration with the SEC, and ongoing representation with respect to bank holding company regulatory matters.

Ms. Timmons provides ongoing counsel to the boards of directors of both public and private corporations on various matters, including availability of the business judgment rule, duty of controlling stockholders, insider trading and Section 16 issues.  She regularly counsels companies on equity-based compensation matters, equity finance strategy, executive employment arrangements, general business strategy, and other general corporate issues.

Ms. Timmons has also represented investor groups in the formation of de novo banks as well as the acquisition of existing banks, and has represented banks and bank holding companies before the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board.  Her regulatory expertise extends to broker-dealer and investment advisor compliance matters before the SEC and FINRA.

Ms. Timmons has served as Chairperson of the Business and Corporate Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and is listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers in the Securities and Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate, and Banking categories.

1700 One Leadership Square
211 North Robinson
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-7101

Tel: (405) 272-5745
Fax: (405) 232-2695
Email: jtimmons@cwlaw.com

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Education:
  • University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1978; B.B.A., with distinction, 1975)
Bar Admissions & Years:
  • Oklahoma - 1979
Memberships & Affiliations:
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Other Distinctions:
  • Listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers (Securities and Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate, and Banking categories)
  • Chairperson, Business and Corporate Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, 2006-2007
  • Member, Oklahoma Accountancy Board, 1995-1999, 2001-2003
Publications:
  • "Regulation D in Oklahoma-A General Practitioner's Guide," Oklahoma City University Law Review, Fall, 1983