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Jacqueline (Jackie) Schaeffer

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Areas of Focus

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

    • 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 | 8 min read | 10.01.25

BIS Issues “Affiliates Rule” to Dramatically Expand Applicability of Entity and Military End-User Lists

On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a sweeping Interim Final Rule (IFR), (the “Affiliates Rule”) expanding which entities qualify as Entity List or Military End-User entities, thereby subjecting those entities to elevated export control restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). U.S. export restrictions applicable to entities on the Entity List, Military End-User (MEU) List, and Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) now apply to foreign affiliates that are, in the aggregate, owned 50% or more by one or more of the aforementioned entities. An entity that becomes subject to these restrictions because of its ownership structure will be subject to the most restrictive controls that attach to any of its parent entities, regardless of ownership stakes....

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Insights

Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.01.25

BIS Issues “Affiliates Rule” to Dramatically Expand Applicability of Entity and Military End-User Lists

Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.06.25

FinCEN Delays Implementation Date and Reopens AML/CFT Rule for Investment Advisers

Client Alert | 10 min read | 03.27.25

FinCEN Axes Corporate Transparency Act’s Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

Client Alert | 2 min read | 03.04.25

U.S. Treasury Department Announces It Will Not Enforce the Corporate Transparency Act and BOI Reporting Rule Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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Jacqueline (Jackie)'s Insights

Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.01.25

BIS Issues “Affiliates Rule” to Dramatically Expand Applicability of Entity and Military End-User Lists

On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a sweeping Interim Final Rule (IFR), (the “Affiliates Rule”) expanding which entities qualify as Entity List or Military End-User entities, thereby subjecting those entities to elevated export control restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). U.S. export restrictions applicable to entities on the Entity List, Military End-User (MEU) List, and Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) now apply to foreign affiliates that are, in the aggregate, owned 50% or more by one or more of the aforementioned entities. An entity that becomes subject to these restrictions because of its ownership structure will be subject to the most restrictive controls that attach to any of its parent entities, regardless of ownership stakes....

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