Jordan Herman

Jordan Herman joined Oxford Nanopore in 2021 as General Counsel. Prior to this Jordan was a partner at Baker Botts L.L.P., where he was the outside counsel for over a decade. He’s long been involved in supporting the company's growth from a dozen people to a global company; from an idea to an industry leading technology.

Jordan leads the growing in-house legal team, and his responsibilities reflect the company's growth journey both corporately and commercially. His main remit is to ensure his team have the desire and ability to enable the company to grow, flourish and innovate while remaining legal, ethical and reflecting Oxford Nanopore's values.

Jordon’s role includes supporting and collaborating with leadership team, overseeing the legal department, negotiating legal transactions and identifying and managing risk. He and his team are also working on strengthening internal controls, simplifying the terms and conditions and establishing processes for global monitoring and compliance.

Jordan has many years’ experience in areas including technology transfer and commercial agreements, M&A, joint ventures, licensing, and venture capital. He has worked across the life science, software, medical device and digital media industries, supporting high growth businesses in the US, Europe and around the world.

Jordan was most recently Baker Botts L.L.P., Chair of the Austin Office Corporate Department and Co-Chair of the Life Sciences group. He JD from The Ohio State University, following which he clerked for the Hon. James Rosenbaum, formerly, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Jordan also has a degree in Political Economy from Washington University.