Justin's corporate practice consists of representing domestic and international businesses and business owners in all aspects of their growth cycles, from structuring new ventures, raising capital, deploying technology, and advising about acquisitions and divestitures to reviewing and negotiating key vendor, employment, and customer contracts. He has closed M&A transactions valued collectively at more than $2 billion.
Justin advises his corporate clients on the deployment and scaling of technology ranging from SaaS, fintech, data centers to autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, mobile edge computing, drones, and cryptocurrency. Since data is critical to every transaction, he helps clients make informed business decisions while managing data privacy and cybersecurity risk.
When it comes to cybersecurity, Justin uses a pragmatic business approach to addressing cyber as a business enterprise risk at every stage in the business lifecycle. He specifically advises the C-suite and boards on identifying and managing cybersecurity risk with respect to mergers and acquisitions, investment capital transactions, lending, vendor and customer contracts, and cyber insurance. He leads breach incident response teams on ransomware and wire fraud cases in industries ranging from medical IT, health care SaaS, and logistics to manufacturing. Companies regularly seek Justin's advice about preparing to handle breach response and proactively managing cybersecurity risks.
In October 2022, Justin and his wife Jodi co-authored and released the book "Data Reimagined: Building Trust One Byte at a Time," which helps business executives create trust with their customers through their privacy and cybersecurity business practices. The book became a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best seller. The Daniels also co-host together the "She Said Privacy/He Said Security" podcast, which is consistently ranked as a top podcast in the privacy space.
Smart city technology is a focus area for Justin. He represents the Curiosity lab in Peachtree Corners that began by helping it build cybersecurity and privacy into the DNA of their infrastructure as part of its launch. The innovation lab has a 5G-enabled three-mile autonomous vehicle test track, a 25,000-square-foot innovation center and an intelligent network of connected IoT devices. The representation expanded into advising Peachtree Corners on the deployment of smart city technology ranging from autonomous vehicles, drones, SaaS-based civic apps, and digital cameras. Justin is an FAA-licensed Part 107 Commercial UAS (drone) pilot.
Justin is currently the co-chair of Baker Donelson's Blockchain and Digital Assets practice. Since 2017, he has also provided strategic advice to clients relating to blockchain technology. He represents a publicly traded company that is one of the largest crypto mining operations in the United States. He has extensive and significant experience in negotiating and drafting power contracts, crypto mining hosting agreements, and related critical data center and infrastructure necessary to engage profitably in cryptocurrency mining.
Justin also counsels clients about creating non-fungible token (NFTs) exchanges, through the creation and iteration of business models that address regulations including federal and state money transmitter laws, AML/KYC, privacy and cybersecurity, as well as whether tokens are considered securities.
Justin is also a nationally recognized keynote speaker. He spoke at RSA, the world's largest cybersecurity conference event in 2022, on the topic of "Autonomous Vehicles and Drones: Privacy and Security vs. Surveillance" and in 2021 on leading breach incident response with law enforcement. He has given numerous keynote presentations on topics including cybersecurity and M&A risk, artificial intelligence, integrated blockchain solutions, and balancing technological innovation versus privacy and security.