Reade Jacob advises corporate clients, including senior-level executives, in-house counsel and board members of companies in technology, data analytics, fintech, money transmission, healthcare and the sharing economy, as well as financial services and institutions, on matters related to privacy, investigations, data breach and incident response, regulatory and transactional privacy and data security, and litigation. He assists clients with addressing GDPR and CCPA compliance obligations, drafting privacy policies and terms and conditions, and negotiating data sharing and SaaS agreements. He also provides risk mitigation strategies concerning data processing laws and represents clients on data security incident remediation, response and investigations. Additionally, Mr. Jacob performs privacy and data security due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions and negotiates privacy and data security representations and warranties for clients engaging in mergers and acquisitions.

In addition to working as an associate at international law firms prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Jacob completed an in-house secondment with a nationally charted bank, where he advised business lines on TCPA, CAN-SPAM, GLBA, and state and federal data breach laws and negotiated data sharing and SaaS agreements with third-party service providers and fintech companies on behalf of the bank.

Mr. Jacob also has a wealth of experience counseling clients on the applicability of federal and state laws governing internet gambling, fantasy sports, social and mobile gaming, and e-sports. His representative experience includes advising gaming businesses on both gaming and data security and incident response issues. Mr. Jacob has represented gambling and non-gambling, gaming companies (social casino, freemium, skill and others) in litigation and government investigations. He has also advised some of the world’s largest media companies and gaming companies in connection with licensing issues and due diligence for some of the industry’s largest acquisitions, partnerships and public offerings. 

While pursuing his legal education, Mr. Jacob was a summer clerk for the Honorable David J. Novak of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 

Professional Activities

Mr. Jacob is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States. He serves as the communications chair for the Administrative Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association.