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Jacqueline (Jackie) Schaeffer

Associate

Overview

Jackie Schaeffer is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s New York office and a member of the firm’s International Trade Group. Jackie focuses her practice on global compliance, regulatory enforcement, investigations, and transactional matters at the intersection of U.S. national security and international trade, including economic sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), export controls, and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Jackie received her J.D. from Stanford Law School where she was a Franke Fellow in Global Business Law.  She received her LLM in EU and International Business Law from The University of Vienna School of Law. During law school, she worked at the Estonian Foreign Ministry, clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda, and worked with the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.

Prior to law school, Jackie was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in San Francisco. 

Career & Education

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    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude
    • Stanford Law School, J.D., 2023
    • University of Vienna Law School, L.L.M., 2023
    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude
    • Stanford Law School, J.D., 2023
    • University of Vienna Law School, L.L.M., 2023
    • New York
    • New York
    • Law Clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda
    • Law Clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda
    • Russian
    • Russian

Jacqueline (Jackie)'s Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.07.25

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act; DOJ Petitions Supreme Court Seeking Stay of Injunction During Appeal

As described in our prior client alert, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an opinion and order  enjoining the federal government from enforcing the CTA and a rule implementing it.  The rule (BOI Rule) requires certain entities formed or registered to do business in the U.S. (Reporting Companies) to report information about themselves and their natural-person beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that administers anti-money laundering laws.  Then, on December 13, 2024, DOJ filed an “Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal” in the Fifth Circuit asking that court to stay the District Court’s injunction pending appeal, or, in the alternative, to narrow the District Court’s injunction to members of the National Federation of Independent Business....

Jacqueline (Jackie)'s Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.07.25

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act; DOJ Petitions Supreme Court Seeking Stay of Injunction During Appeal

As described in our prior client alert, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an opinion and order  enjoining the federal government from enforcing the CTA and a rule implementing it.  The rule (BOI Rule) requires certain entities formed or registered to do business in the U.S. (Reporting Companies) to report information about themselves and their natural-person beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that administers anti-money laundering laws.  Then, on December 13, 2024, DOJ filed an “Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal” in the Fifth Circuit asking that court to stay the District Court’s injunction pending appeal, or, in the alternative, to narrow the District Court’s injunction to members of the National Federation of Independent Business....