Jason Wilcox advises U.S. and multinational companies, investors, and financial institutions on export controls, economic sanctions, and other international trade and national security matters. His practice includes regulatory counseling, transactional due diligence, licensing, compliance risk assessments and program development, internal investigations, and enforcement proceedings. His clients operate across a broad range of industries, including industrial technology and advanced manufacturing, software and cloud-based services, financial services and digital assets, life sciences, and energy.
Jason counsels clients on the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. His work includes determining the jurisdiction and classification of products, software, and technology; assessing licensing and other authorization requirements; addressing restricted party, end-use, and end-user restrictions; and advising on technology transfers, foreign-person access, and international operations. He also advises clients on export control and sanctions issues arising from acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, commercial relationships, and other cross-border transactions.
Jason’s practice also includes customs and import matters, such as tariff classification, valuation, country of origin, marking, and the application of tariffs and related trade measures. In addition, he advises investors, buyers, sellers, and U.S. businesses on CFIUS-related risk and filing considerations, prepares declarations and notices, and assists clients with government reviews, mitigation, and post-closing compliance.
When compliance concerns arise, Jason conducts internal investigations and represents clients before BIS, DDTC, OFAC, DOJ, CBP, and other U.S. government agencies. He assists clients with responding to government inquiries and subpoenas, assessing potential violations, preparing voluntary self-disclosures, seeking regulatory relief, and implementing remedial measures.
In addition to his practice, Jason leads the firm’s participation in the DC Street Law Program and serves on the City of Gaithersburg’s Youth Enrichment Committee. He was the firm’s 2019 Fellow with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and an inaugural recipient of the Baker Botts Excellence in Diversity and Community Engagement Award.
