‍Amy White-Lee is a Senior Advisor, International Business Affairs*, assisting our lawyers and providing strategic advice to clients on international negotiations and transactions involving complex, multi-party deals and regulatory frameworks. Her background includes working with SMEs, particularly in the advanced technology and device sectors, as well as strategic consulting for companies navigating cross-border expansion in North America and East Asia.

Drawing on both operational and advisory experience inside multinational companies and as an external advisor, Amy helps organizations manage regulatory landscapes, negotiate and structure international deals (including disputes), and advance sophisticated transactions across jurisdictions. She is particularly skilled in bridging Western and Eastern business cultures, guiding clients through sensitive negotiations and helping prevent and resolve conflicts in complex international engagements.

Representative Work

• Strategic coordination and management of legal teams representing a North American technology developer in intellectual property disputes in Korea, including mediation strategy and engagement with local counsel to pursue practical resolution pathways.

• Strategic advice and assistance with negotiation and structuring of a distribution agreement between Canadian sports nutrition company and a South Korean company, including further commercial partnership for expanded product lines.

• Led strategic negotiations for a North American distribution agreement for advanced aerogel-based products between global U.S.-based multinational corporation and South Korean manufacturer.

• Strategic structuring across North America and East Asia to create multinational related companies group headquartered in Singapore with operations in Korea, Canada, and US.

• Strategic company expansion and structuring advice to European aerospace technology company entering North American market, including corporate structuring, internal governance policies, and key regulatory considerations.

*Not admitted to the bar of Ontario