Kenneth J. "Ken" Najder

Kenneth J. "Ken" Najder


Jones Walker LLP

Recognized since 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Securities Regulation

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Ken Najder is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He represents public and private companies regarding a variety of corporate and securities law matters. Ken concentrates his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, joint ventures, and corporate governance. Ken’s securities law practice includes counseling public companies regarding their disclosure obligations, private placements for venture-stage companies, and public debt offerings and tenders. Ken has acted as lead securities counsel to companies in offerings that have raised $30 billion. In recent years, Ken has represented a wide array of buyers and sellers of businesses — ranging from small, privately held ventures to large, publicly traded companies — in several industries, including the telecommunications, technology, chemicals, media, shipping, construction, food, oil and gas, energy, engineering, consulting, banking, financial services, and manufacturing sectors. Ken advises clients on a broad range of corporate law and governance issues, and regularly acts as board counsel to public and private companies, including advising on executive compensation and corporate restructurings. He also has extensive experience designing anti-takeover defenses and with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Ken and Jones Walker were featured in The American Lawyer as architects of CenturyLink's anti-takeover measures, thwarting Alltel's 2001 hostile bid, and as co-counsel to CenturyLink in connection with its 2009 acquisition of Embarq and its 2011 acquisitions of Qwest and Savvis. He is an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he teaches a class on securities regulation. In addition to authoring numerous articles, Ken has appeared on WYES’ live television program, Wall $treet Wrap-Up with André Laborde.

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Location
  • 201 Saint Charles Avenue
    New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
Education
  • University of Virginia, JD, graduated 1985
  • University of Virginia, BA, BS, graduated 1982
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Association for Corporate Growth – Louisiana Chapter - Director 2008 to date; Officer (2010 to date)
  • Lakeshore Crime Prevention District - commissioner (2005 to date)
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Member
  • Various other Community Associations - Director/Officer (1997 to date)

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, New Orleans (2025)
  • Securities Regulation, New Orleans (2024)
  • Securities Regulation, New Orleans (2021)
  • Corporate Law, New Orleans (2020)
  • Corporate Law, New Orleans (2018)
  • Corporate Law, New Orleans (2016)
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, New Orleans (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

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