• Winner of two academic prizes for best student on the LLM in international tax in 2014/2015

• Venezuelan bar, member
• The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, member

Jordan focuses her practice on helping corporations navigate high-impact litigation. Her experience includes litigating cases in state and federal courts across the country, from Delaware Chancery Court to Dallas County Court at Law. Jordan also represents clients in arbitrations governed by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act rules. She has worked on a variety of legal issues, including securities regulation, tort liability, and complex contract issues.

Jordan previously served as a judicial law clerk to Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court.

• Obtained dismissal of all claims at the pleading stage in a federal securities class action and companion derivative suit filed against an oil and gas exploration company*
• Defended a federal Section 11 securities class action in Texas state court filed against a fracking company*
• Represented an international energy company in a tortious interference and licensing dispute in arbitration and received full award of damages for the client with a take-nothing award for the opposing party*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

• Dallas Bar Association, member
• Texas Bar Association, member

John Bender advises clients on corporate, securities and transactional matters. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, public company reporting and disclosure compliance, general corporate governance matters and counseling emerging companies throughout all stages of their lifecycles.

While in law school, John served as a law clerk in the Major Frauds and Public Corruption Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. He also was the editor-in-chief of the USC Gould Law for Business Periodical and a senior editor for the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice. In addition, John served as a teaching assistant for graduate-level courses on mergers and acquisitions and venture capital and emerging companies at USC Gould School of Law.

Simon Mortier focuses his practice on data protection and telecommunications law, both in an advisory and in a litigious capacity.

He has been working on all areas of GDPR compliance since the start of his career in September 2016. He also advises clients on the global challenges facing particularly the digital and communications sector as well as providing counsel on new technologies and their relationships with the use of data.

• Represented a Belgian internet service provider in complex litigation combining copyright law, telecoms law and data protection law, which involved working on proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU (case C-597/19 – M.I.C.M.)*
• Worked on a secondment basis at two major German Brussels-based insurers on GDPR implementation over the course of two different periods*
• Represented clients in proceedings before the Belgian Data Protection Authority as well as before the Court of Appeal*
• Acted as data protection counsel to various Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects for the European Commission*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

• Legal 500 Belgium, Privacy and Data Protection, Recommended Lawyer, 2021 & 2022
• Legal 500 Belgium, IT & Telecoms, Recommended Lawyer, 2021 & 2022

• Vlerick Alumni

Megan Corrigan focuses her practice on litigation matters.

While in law school, Megan served as a legal intern for the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and the Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. Megan also worked as a student attorney representing prisoners in parole hearings and disciplinary hearings through the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.

• American Health Law Association
• Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys

Gianmarco Cornalba focuses his practice on banking and finance law and commercial matters, representing domestic and international clients in acquisition, real estate and corporate finance transactions. He has additional experience in real estate M&A transactions.

Gianmarco has been seconded as in-house legal counsel in a leading Italian bank and, prior to joining McDermott, he worked for major Italian law firms.