Valerie Ford Jacob is the Chief Legal Officer at USA Rare Earth, where she oversees all legal, regulatory, compliance, and public policy matters.
Ms. Jacob brings decades of experience advising on complex financings, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance matters for issuers, underwriters, special committees, and boards. Most recently, she served as partner and co-head of both the Financial Institutions Group and Global Capital Markets at Freshfields US LLP over a period of 10 years. Previously, she was chairperson and senior partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
Ms. Jacob holds a B.S. from Boston University and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. She is also a member of The Committee of 200 (C200), an invitation only organization of leading women executives. She has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous independent organizations, including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, IFLR1000, Legal 500, and Best Lawyers.
