Carol Lee
CAROL LEE, Senior Associate, cliffordchance.com, Washington, D.C.
Phone: +1 202 912 5194, Email: carol.p.lee@cliffordchance.com
Carol Lee is a senior associate in Clifford Chance's US Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Her areas of practice include internal investigations and regulatory compliance regarding US anti-money laundering (AML), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), export controls and economic sanctions laws.
Relevant experience:
Represented a major global telecommunications company in connection with a historic multi-year US export control enforcement action and post-settlement monitorship; obtained first-ever temporary general license to allow the company to operate while under investigation
Represented a major European bank in connection with a landmark multi-agency investigation on allegations of anti-money laundering, sanctions, and anti-corruption compliance deficiencies
Represented a US-based Chinese gaming company in connection with AML compliance.
Represented multiple leading global logistics companies on U.S. economic sanctions compliance matters, managed disclosures to the U.S. Department of Treasury, and prepared responses to subpoenas and requests from relevant U.S. regulatory agencies
Conducted anti-bribery diligence for leading international medical equipment firm in support of its acquisition of a Chinese medical equipment distributor
Provided FCPA compliance advice in connection with exiting a joint venture in China for a leading US pharmaceutical company
Provided sanctions and export controls advice for US operations of German logistics company
Represented a major US aerospace company in connection with a global FCPA internal investigation and related disclosures to the US government
Career and qualifications:
National Tsing Hua University (BA)
Stanford University (MA, International Policy Studies)
Georgetown University Law Center (JD) 2014
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the District of Columbia and New York
Joined Clifford Chance 2014
Speaks Mandarin (native), English (fluent) and Japanese (proficient)