Seasoned attorney with a revenue management background and over a decade of experience in broad commercial law matters. Experienced in negotiating multimillion dollar enterprise commercial technology transactions (cloud stack IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, on premise software licensing, managed services, hosting, colocation, data center leasing, telecommunications, and professional services), as well as various general procurement, marketing, and strategic partnership agreements. Also experienced in advising on new program creation and campaigns, drafting contract templates and product supplements, product counseling, writing company policies, managing outside counsel on both transactional and litigation matters (and appearing in court with them), M&A related matters including post-acquisition integration, compliance matters, international projects, process improvement projects, providing training to legal colleagues and internal clients, and speaking at various legal conferences. Prior law firm experience in negotiating multimillion-dollar transactions and leading complex commercial litigation. Licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

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Will is the Managing Associate General Counsel for the General Corporate Department in Freddie Mac’s Legal Division. In this role, Will provides oversight and leadership for the provision of legal advice on a wide range of matters. General Corporate represents Freddie Mac in technology and other commercial transactions, data protection and licensing, privacy, information security, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and intellectual property acquisition, management and enforcement. The Department also provides advice on other general corporate matters, including Common Securitization Solutions (CSS), corporate insurance, and corporate real estate.

Before joining Freddie Mac in 2003, Will was an associate in the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia offices of Arnold & Porter where his practice included counseling public and private companies on intellectual property law and information technology contracts. 

Will received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1997. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1994. Will is admitted in North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

As a partner in the Data, Privacy and Security practice group at King & Spalding LLP, Robert Hudock counsels clients on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from cyber-based attacks on their networks and information. He assesses clients’ security controls and practices for the protection of data, developing and implementing information security programs, and complying with federal and state regulatory requirements.

Robert is a leader in advising clients on the responsible and ethical deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies. He has deep expertise in AI governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on mitigating legal risks and maximizing opportunities. Robert frequently speaks and writes on AI issues, including presentations at major conferences like DEF CON. He takes a practical, hands-on approach to implementing AI, emphasizing the importance of understanding data lineage, testing for bias, and instituting human oversight. Robert partners closely with clients across industries to ensure their AI systems are legally and technically sound. His innovative work leverages AI for improved legal services while safeguarding ethics and privacy. Robert is shaping the future of AI in law as a thoughtful advocate for progress and responsibility.

Robert has represented companies on a range of cybersecurity and data-security incidents, including dozens of security breach matters involving tens of millions of affected consumers. He has represented clients before federal and state government agencies, national security-related investigations, cybersecurity matters, and Attorney General investigations into security incidents. He routinely advises clients on data, privacy and security matters arising from federal and state laws. He regularly conducts risk assessments and IT audits for healthcare and financial services companies and designs and implements cost-effective strategies for managing electronic documents. 

Robert is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and was awarded this information technology security audit certification by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. He is certified by the National Security Agency to perform INFOSEC Assessment Methodology audits under FISMA and by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) as a Certified CSF Practitioner. HITRUST is an organization that provides training to develop and maintain effective security programs for health care and life sciences companies. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). The CEH credential is a professional certification provided by the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants. 

Robert is a two-time winner of DefCon's Capture the Flag Competition. DefCon CTF provides a venue for the true pro hackers to ply their craft and show off their skill. As such, it acts as a weather vane for the hacking community, pointing out the top hackers and the most effective techniques (tools, automation, etc.).

Previously, Robert served as a member of a nationally recognized law firm where he was a member of their Healthcare and Life Sciences practice group. He also served as the Chief Privacy and Data Security Officer and Senior Vice President of a major intelligence, military, aerospace, engineering, and systems contractor, where he managed all aspects of privacy and cybersecurity compliance across the company.

Tom Knox is a partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investments group. He serves as chair of the firm's global Technology Corporate practice and as co-chair of the firmwide Technology Industry Group. He advises clients on corporate, M&A, financing, technology transactions and outsourcing matters, serving as a strategic advisor to public, private and emerging companies in the software, technology, life sciences, transportation, manufacturing and government services sectors, and to investors in such companies.

Tom provides advice on a wide range of corporate and securities transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, venture capital and private equity investments and divestitures, joint ventures and other corporate finance and governance matters.

He also structures and negotiates enterprise outsourcing, realignment and optimization transactions, including traditional and vested sourcing deals, strategic alliances, performance partnerships, preferred supplier arrangements and other complex transactions. He advises on the sourcing and procurement of facilities management, logistics and supply chain systems and other business processes.

Since 2008 Tom has been listed as a Band 1 Leading Individual by the independent international rating firm Chambers & Partners. Chambers USA described Mr. Knox as “very knowledgeable and very direct” and “somebody you go to for the most strategic advice” who is known as a “top-flight dealmaker” with “excellent responsiveness.” A Chambers reviewer described Mr. Knox as “one of the best deal negotiators that I’ve ever worked with. He is tenacious in representing our interests”. Another noted that “he anticipates issues, has ideas on how to take them on and executes very well. He has good ideas about risks, keeps things practical and gets things done.”

Tom has been named to the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist for M&A in the U.S. in 2023 and 2024.  He is consistently rated AV (Preeminent) by Martindale Hubbell, was named by the Washington Business Journal as Washington’s Top Corporate Finance Lawyer and is consistently named to the Virginia Super Lawyers, Washington DC Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers and Legal 500 US lists.

He is a frequent speaker on corporate, sourcing and technology transaction topics. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University and as a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan Law School and Middlebury College. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Middlebury College and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council for International Understanding.