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NELSON REGULARLY ADVISES CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, OTHER INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ON EXPORT CONTROL, ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS AND ON INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LAW ISSUES.
Of Counsel in Dorsey’s Corporate Group, Chair of the National Security Law practice and co-Chair of the Asia-Pacific practice, Nelson has substantial experience in counseling e-commerce, semiconductor, electronics, computer hardware and software, and biomedical and biotechnology companies with special expertise in domestic and international technology licensing, outsourcing and manufacturing in Asia and U.S. export control matters.
Nelson was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston (1980-82); Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice (1979-80); and White House Fellow and Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1978-79).
He has frequently written about intellectual property law, U.S. export control law, technology related business transactions between the U.S. and Asian or European countries, international strategic alliances, the Exon-Florio law on foreign investments in U.S. technology companies, university-based technology transfer, academic entrepreneurship, academic conflicts of interest and the financing and organization of high technology businesses. He has lectured on such topics throughout the United States and in Austria, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.
Prior ExperienceNelson was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston (1980-82); Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice (1979-80); and White House Fellow and Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1978-79).
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- Panelist, “Export Control Reform and Industry,” ICE Seattle Export Control Seminar, October 2013
- Presenter, “Cyber Security and International Travel,” ICE Seattle Export Control Seminar, October 2013
- Presenter, “Recent Developments with CFIUS,” Dorsey U CLE Program, July 17, 2013
- Panelist, “Chinese Companies’ Outbound Investment in the United States,” Fourth Fudan EMBA New York Forum, Bank of America Tower, May 6, 2013
- "Going Global: Ensuring Compliance with U.S. Law," Dorsey Symposium for Corporate Leaders, February 2009
Industries & Practices
Educational Publishing, Technology & Services
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Explore This Practice View client achievements related to this practice View resources related to this practiceCanada Cross-Border Transactions
Explore This Practice View client achievements related to this practice View resources related to this practiceFood, Beverage & Agribusiness
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Explore This Practice View client achievements related to this practice View resources related to this practice- Anti-Corruption Group
- Asia-Pacific
- Aviation
- Banking & Financial Institutions
- Canada Cross-Border Transactions
- China
- Educational Publishing, Technology & Services
- Emerging Companies
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Europe
- FinTech
- Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
- Government Solutions & Investigations
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Intellectual Property
- National Security Law
- Technology Commerce
Professional & Civic
Professional Achievements
- Director, National Committee on U.S. – China Relations
- Member, KUOW Board of Directors
- Director, Washington State China Relations Council
- Member, President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration, 1999-2001 and 2010-present
- Associate Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Member of the Committee of 100 (a national non-profit organization working for better U.S.-China relations and the civil rights of Chinese Americans)
- President, TechLaw Group (an international consortium of leading law firms that serve high technology clients), 1996-99
- Member, American Bar Association, Sections on Business Law and International Law and Practice and Asian Bar Association of Washington
- Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
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- Contributed more than 100 Challenge pro bono hours, 2020-2022
- Dorsey & Whitney – Scales of Justice Team Award (The World Ventilator Foundation), 2021
- Named one of Puget Sound Business Journal's (PSBJ) Directors of the Year, 2021
- Named one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA (International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions), 2018
- Recognized in IAM Patent 1000 - World's Leading Patent Practitioners, 2013
- Named a “Top Rated Lawyer” in Technology Law by American Lawyer Media, 2013
- Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Listed as a Washington Super Lawyer, 2011
