Giles Detwiler

Beal IV

Position: Associate
Office: New Orleans

Det Beal is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, where he advises clients on securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

With experience in private practice and as in-house counsel for a multinational bank, Det advises domestic and international businesses on a broad range of securities, capital markets, and corporate matters, including US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and compliance, business transactions, and issues related to corporate governance.

Det advises public companies, global investment banks, and other clients on the full spectrum of SEC filings, reports, and registration statements, including forms S-3, 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and others. He regularly serves as issuer’s and underwriter’s counsel for private offerings and has provided counsel on billions of dollars of debt and preferred stock issuances, including participating in a $15 billion senior debt issuance that was, at the time, the largest in US bank history.

In addition to his securities work, Det focuses on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including debt tender offers, equity award agreements, and corporate formations. His clients range from multinational, publicly traded corporations to privately held companies, family offices, and startups.

After earning his law degree, Det joined the legal department of a global investment bank, where he drafted lending transactional documents, federal and state regulatory submissions and filings, and fixed-income and equity derivative trading documentation. He also helped structure funds to comply with regulatory restrictions and advised on banking regulatory issues involving domestic and international new business initiatives, among other responsibilities.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, Det was an associate in the Charlotte office of an Am Law 100 firm, where he assisted clients with a broad range of securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.

While in law school, Det served as a student honors program extern in the Enforcement Division of the Atlanta office of the SEC, where he assisted trial unit attorneys in deposition preparation and investigated financial documentation related to alleged criminal activity. A consummate researcher, Det also drafted numerous briefs on a range of financial issues.