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About Andrew Gabel

Andrew is an associate in the Freshfields antitrust, competition, and trade practice based in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Freshfields National Security Working Group and affiliated with multiple DC-based national security think tanks.

He specializes on matters implicating the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), US Treasury outbound investment regulation, US export controls (EAR and ITAR), and US sanctions. Andrew has advised on numerous cross-border transactions for clients in sectors that span Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Aerospace & Defense, Alternative Energy, Global Logistics, Mineral Extraction, and Life Sciences. 

Prior to joining Freshfields, Andrew served as a Special Advisor in the US Senate, where he advised on China affairs and US national technology & industrial base strategy. Before his time in the Senate, Andrew was a published defense analyst. He began his career in the treasury group of a US-based global engineering, construction, and project management firm.

Andrew received his JD from Duke University School of Law, where he was a Lead Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. He received his BA in Political Science from Kenyon College. 

Qualifications

Education

  • JD, Duke University School of Law.
  • BA, Political Science, Kenyon College.

Bar Admission

  • District of Columbia