Andrew Lee has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. Lee is a recognized leader in the international antitrust sphere and advises clients in a wide range of antitrust proceedings (both before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice), with a particular focus on the defense of cartel investigations, multi-claim antitrust litigation, and merger clearances under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Lee began his legal career at the FTC, where he helped initiate several high-profile antitrust enforcement actions, while also assisting the Commission leadership in setting broad antitrust enforcement policies and agenda.
Over the last 20 years, Lee has counseled numerous leading global corporations facing high-risk antitrust proceedings from diverse industries that span semiconductor, display, automotive, lithium-ion batteries, energy, transportation, and consumer/medical products. Often, due to the cross-border nature of these matters, Lee serves as global coordinating counsel for his clients to shepherd parallel, simultaneous proceedings that are progressing in multiple jurisdictions to achieve the best outcome.
Lee also advises his clients that face potential product safety and liability issues in numerous challenging contexts. Specifically, he represents clients that conduct product safety recalls in connection with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and its counterpart agencies around the globe and also represents those clients in defending U.S. consumer class actions that could arise from such product safety or recall issues.
Lee also maintains an active practice out of Asia Pacific, advising his clients in the region on a wide range of issues affecting their U.S. and global operations. Due to the multifaceted functions that he plays in this role, Lee advises his clients on a broad spectrum of legal issues — including advising on corporate internal investigations, providing U.S. regulatory compliance risk assessments (such as data privacy, sanctions, and export controls), and managing sensitive cross-border dispute resolutions and arbitration matters.
“Andrew’s arrival in our Washington D.C. office will further strengthen Nelson Mullins’s capability to provide a comprehensive suite of antitrust advisory services in Washington, D.C. and nationwide. In addition, his strong Asia practice – particularly on behalf of leading global Korean conglomerates – further highlights our firm’s unquestionable commitment to growing and devoting our best legal talents to achieve extraordinary outcomes in high-stakes matters for our Korean clients,” said Washington D.C. Managing Principal Christopher T. Cushing.
