Jocelyn Arel, a partner in the firm's Corporate and Technology Companies Groups, focuses her practice on corporate and securities law matters, with an emphasis on securities offerings and merger and acquisition transactions. She joined Goodwin Procter in 2005.

Ms. Arel represents issuers in a wide range of capital market transactions, including initial and follow-on public offerings, private placements of debt and equity, alternative financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. She has extensive experience in cross-border financings and acquisitions, as well as in providing advice on other U.S.-based activities for companies headquartered in Canada. A significant portion of Ms. Arel’s practice includes counseling clients on ongoing reporting requirements of public companies, corporate governance matters and various other matters affecting public companies, their officers and directors. She also serves as counsel to underwriters in initial and follow-on public offerings, 144A, Registered Direct and PIPE transactions.