Jay is a Senior Equity Partner and Co-Chair of Nelson Mullins’ International Practice Group. He works primarily out of the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Greenville, South Carolina offices. Jay’s practice focuses on international trade issues, particularly trade remedy work involving Tariffs, Customs and Antidumping/Countervailing Duty matters. This work involves compliance advice as well asthe handling of disputes before the US Court of International Trade, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agency, the International Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce, bodies before whom Jay has made multiple appearances on behalf of US and foreign clients.
Jay also provides outside corporate counsel to a variety of U.S. and foreign businesses, including advising these clients on cross-border M&A issues, corporate governance , commercial/supplier relationships, and economic development incentives.
From 2006 to 2009, Jay served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greenville Area Development Corporation, the primary economic development vehicle of Greenville County, South Carolina. In addition, he has practiced law in Mexico and Brazil as a Foreign Legal Consultant and is fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese.
