Andrew S. Wellin
Special Counsel
Drew Wellin is a transactional antitrust attorney with more than a decade of experience providing strategic advice to leading companies and investors and defending their most challenging transactions before the U.S. and international antitrust agencies. He has represented clients in hundreds of transactions and has particular expertise in HSR and ex-U.S. merger control filings and strategy. Drew has been recognized as a leading antitrust attorney by Best Lawyers and The Legal 500. He is known for his ability to provide practical legal solutions to antitrust challenges that enable business leaders to achieve their commercial objectives.
Andrew S. Wellin
Special Counsel
Drew Wellin is a transactional antitrust attorney with more than a decade of experience providing strategic advice to leading companies and investors and defending their most challenging transactions before the U.S. and international antitrust agencies. He has represented clients in hundreds of transactions and has particular expertise in HSR and ex-U.S. merger control filings and strategy. Drew has been recognized as a leading antitrust attorney by Best Lawyers and The Legal 500. He is known for his ability to provide practical legal solutions to antitrust challenges that enable business leaders to achieve their commercial objectives.
Prior to joining Axinn, Drew practiced at leading international law firms where he focused on private equity, pharmaceutical, technology, and energy clients. For four years, he was a co-leader of the team that represented a leading private equity firm as its dedicated global antitrust counsel. The representation included advising the client on more than 60 transactions (diligenced and/or closed), leading all HSR and ex-U.S. merger control filings, substantive risk analysis for each proposed transaction, and responding to agency inquiries. In addition, Drew has represented clients in large-scale multidistrict antitrust litigation and government investigations, developing deep insight into behavioral competition matters.
Drew earned his JD cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and selected as a member of the national Order of Barristers. He received his BA in History from Colorado College.
Honors
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch–Antitrust Law (2025, 2024)
- Legal 500: Recommended–Antitrust: Merger Control (2024, 2023)
Education
- JD, cum laude – Brooklyn Law School (2010)
- BA – Colorado College (2002)
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Courts Eastern District of New York
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