Donald E. Lee is Senior Counsel at Andrew & Hopkins, where his practice concentrates on cross-border compliance, financial-crimes defense, forensic investigations, and Anti-Money Laundering and regulatory advisory. Donald is the lawyer multinational institutions engage when a single compliance question touches multiple authorities and the answer must hold up in all of them.
He advises financial institutions, payment platforms, fintechs, and corporate clients on the operational design and remediation of risk-based AML/CTF and sanctions programs, with a particular focus on the integration of transaction-monitoring, KYC, and screening technology into front-line operations. Donald has substantial experience leading internal investigations involving U.S., U.K., and EU regulators, and he serves as outside counsel to audit committees and boards on cross-border enforcement risk.
Donald is frequently engaged at the earliest stage of a matter — when a question is still internal and the strategic decision is whether and how to self-report — and remains involved through resolution. He is admitted in New York and California, and he counsels clients in English and Mandarin.