Jessica Heim

Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP

In-house general counsel, boards of directors and audit committees look to partner Jessica S Heim to effectively address their most complex and high-stakes legal issues – from internal and government investigations, criminal price-fixing, violations of securities laws, whistleblower complaints and compliance design challenges to theft of trade secrets and data privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Jessica leverages her varied experience to work closely with both US and foreign clients and to advocate effectively on their behalf. Her diverse representations range from parties in the Bernard Madoff case, one of the largest investment scandals of the century, to the audit committee of Juniper Networks, a global technology company. Jessica’s ability to work with a wide range of government entities is an enormous benefit to clients when they need experienced advocacy.

Jessica’s work in compliance is also of great value to the firm’s clients. She has helped to design creative and bespoke compliance programmes that work with an organisation’s distinct culture and challenges, and the set of processes that guide their work.

Jessica has been designated a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/ US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals and she regularly makes presentations on these and related topics to clients, corporate directors and trade associations.