Kenina Lee's practice is focused on merger analysis, antitrust counseling and antitrust litigation. 

Prior to joining the firm, Kenina worked in both the Anticompetitive Practices and Mergers I division at the Federal Trade Commission as a legal extern and law clerk. At the FTC, she aided in merger investigations in the pharmaceutical and medical data-analytics industries.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law and Young Lawyers Division
• New York State Bar Association

Experience

• Representing Independence Blue Cross (IBC) in a recently filed class-action MDL against the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the individual Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
• Represented Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. in its $330 million acquisition of Easton Baseball/Softball.

Honors

• Winner, 2017 Concurrences Antitrust Writing Award (Business Articles, Private Enforcement), No Safe Harbor: The Effect of the Schrems Decision on Cross-Border Discovery

News

• GCR Nominates Axinn for Litigation of the Year, Deal of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year
• Axinn Obtains Dismissal of Portion of Treble-Damages Claim for Danfoss Group Companies
• Axinn Represents Dell in $60 Billion Acquisition of EMC
• Axinn Obtains FTC Clearance for Dell’s $67B Acquisition of EMC
• Axinn Represents Tyler Technologies, Inc. in its Acquisition of New World Systems Corporation
• Axinn Successfully Represents Alvogen Before FTC
• Axinn Represents Alvogen Before FTC in Connection with Divested Products from Pfizer and Hospira
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Thought Leadership

• Chapter on Non-Prosecutorial Activities, DOJ Civil Antitrust Practice and Procedure Manual, 2018
• No Safe Harbor: The Effect of the Schrems Decision on Cross-Border Discovery, Competition Torts News, March 15, 2016

An Inherent Conflict Between WTO Law and a Sustainable Future? Evaluating the Consistency of Canadian and Chinese Renewable Energy Policies with WTO Trade Law,  24 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 57 (2011)

Education

• JD, cum laude – Georgetown University Law Center (2012)
• BA, magna cum laude, with Honors – Georgetown University (2008)

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• New York
• US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• US District Court Northern District of Alabama
• US District Court District of Columbia
• US District Court Eastern District of Michigan