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ANDREW C. LOURIE
andrew.lourie@kobrekim.com
Washington, DC:
1919 M Street, NW, Washington DC 20036
Tel. +1 202 664 1907
Fax. +1 202 664 1927
Miami:
2 South Biscayne Boulevard, 35th Floor, Miami, Florida 33131
Tel. +1 305 967 6107
Fax. +1 305 967 6127
Andrew C. Lourie practices in the areas of government enforcement defense, offshore trusts & asset forfeiture/ recovery, investigations & monitorships, class and Derivative Actions and financial products and services litigation. Mr. Lourie is an experienced trial attorney who, prior to joining Kobre & Kim LLP, served in various high-level positions with the U.S. Department of Justice, including as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff for the Criminal Division and as Chief of the Public Integrity Section. Mr. Lourie also served for sixteen years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, where he headed the West Palm Beach office, and in the District of New Jersey.
Recent Engagements:
Government Enforcement Defense:
- Representation of executives of a major European Financial Institution in connection with potential trade sanctions and an investigation into violations of regulations of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC")
- Representation of a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of a large, public European company, and one of its former executives, in connection with a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice
- Served as an expert witness in an extradition proceeding in the U.K. involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
- Representation of former Kellogg Brown & Root employee charged in an FCPA indictment in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Representation of a principal of a consulting firm charged with criminal and civil insider trading by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Representation of the former Chief Executive Officer of a large European company in defending against a prosecution in Europe for alleged criminal negligence in connection with alleged spoliation of US $250 million in company assets
- Representation of a large shipping company in conducting an internal investigation and addressing investigations by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged price-fixing in the cargo industry
- Representation of the former head of energy trading at Amaranth Advisors LLC in connection with litigation against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission over alleged manipulation of the natural gas futures markets
- Representation of a defendant charged in the Galleon insider trading case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Representation of an officer of an orthopedic device company with respect to an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office into alleged violations of the Medicare anti-kickback statute
Offshore Trusts & Asset Forfeiture/Recovery:
- Representation of international company in opposing efforts by foreign bankruptcy trustee to domesticate foreign judgments exceeding $US 50 million
- Victory in the representation of Tiger Eye Investments, Ltd., an investment company located in the Cayman Islands against the U.S. Government in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC and U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit involving US $400 million of trust assets
- Representation of private clients regarding over US $2 billion of disputed funds subject to forfeiture proceedings in multiple jurisdictions in Europe
Insolvency & Debtor-Creditor Disputes:
- Representation of a company and three of its officers in adversarial action brought by creditors committee in U.S. Bankruptcy Court alleging fraud and civil RICO violations in connection with the bankruptcy of a major U.S. food manufacturer
Investigations & Monitorships:
- Representation of the board of directors of an international natural resources company in conducting an internal investigation into alleged FCPA violations and violations of the World Bank sanctions regime
- Conduct internal investigation for major financial institution in response to a regulator inquiry into proprietary trading of certain complex derivatives
Class & Derivative Actions:
- Representation of a public, global technology company’s board of directors, in multiple shareholder class actions in Delaware and Florida alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the Board of Directors in connection with the approval of a US $2 billion tender offer by Verizon Holdings, Inc.
- Representation of the former head of energy trading at Amaranth Advisors LLC in connection with class action suit in Federal District Court over alleged manipulation of the natural gas futures markets
- Representation of company sued in class action in Federal District Court over alleged violations of WARN Act relating to the closing of the Archway & Mothers Cookie Company
Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:
As Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff, Mr. Lourie was responsible for the operations of the 438-lawyer Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC. As Chief of the Public Integrity Section, he supervised the nation's most sensitive public corruption prosecutions, including corruption investigations on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch emanating from the prosecution of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. At the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Lourie prosecuted and supervised complex fraud matters, including healthcare and securities/investment fraud.
Prior to working as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Lourie practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York.
Professional & Community Involvement:
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International Bar Association, Member
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy ("NITA") program at Emory University School of Law, Faculty Member
- Mr. Lourie is regularly called upon to lecture about and present papers on public corruption, ethics and corporate fraud issues
News & Publications:
- Parallel Proceedings Issues (DC Bar, Washington, DC, October 2009)
- Contributing author, World Compendium on Asset Tracing and Recovery (ICC 2009)
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Practice Focus:
Education:
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Emory University School of Law, J.D., with honors
Emory Law Journal
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The State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., with honors
Admissions:
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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New York
