Jordan Mallory is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the Governmental Practice. His practice focuses on international trade and national security matters, including U.S. economic sanctions, export controls and defense trade compliance, and CFIUS-related risk in cross-border transactions. He also advises clients on emerging data security and national security regimes, including matters involving the Department of Justice Data Security Program.
Jordan counsels companies on trade compliance and transaction structuring in regulated cross-border matters, including:
- Economic sanctions and related diligence, contracting, and risk management
- Export controls and defense exports, including cross-border matters involving semiconductor supply chains
- CFIUS issues arising in investments, acquisitions, and other cross-border transactions
- DOJ Data Security Program matters, including counseling on risk assessment, transaction controls, and compliance planning
- Government contracts cybersecurity and data protection, advising on data security requirements and implementation considerations for federal contractors
Jordan earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. As a student attorney in Georgetown’s Communications & Technology Law Clinic, he represented an immigrant rights non-profit before the CFPB on data rights and data privacy issues. He also served as a Fellow for the ABA’s Legal Education Police Practices Consortium, researching and reporting on the District of Columbia’s integration of alternatives to police into its 911 system.
During law school, Jordan was an Executive Editor of the American Criminal Law Review and co-authored the “Computer Crimes” chapter for the journal’s Annual Survey of White Collar Crime. He also interned for the Honorable Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
