Avocats – United States

Lee Barnum

Lee Barnum represents issuers, private equity sponsors, and investment banks in public and private securities offerings. In addition, public companies seek Lee’s advice regarding corporate governance matters and compliance with SEC and stock exchange rules and regulations. Clients turn to Lee in connection with registered and private capital markets issuances of debt and equity securities, and federal securities law aspects of mergers and acquisition transactions. Lee also provides counsel to US and foreign issuers on corporate governance matters and compliance with disclosure obligations.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Lee Brenner

Venable LLP

Lee D. Charles

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Lee E. Berner

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Lee Eulgen

Partner

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Lee Feldman

Department Chair of Choate’s Private Equity and Business & Technology Groups, Lee Feldman helps private equity funds and their portfolio companies to successfully complete buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity investments and exit transactions, in a variety of industries, including software and technology, healthcare, business services, and financial services. He also represents private companies in mergers and acquisitions and other transactions across a variety of industries. Lee has represented numerous private equity sponsors, including Cove Hill Partners, Mainsail Partners, Riverside Partners, Serent Capital, and Sverica Capital. Previously, Lee served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of American Dental Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPI), a portfolio company of Summit Partners. In addition to his practice, Lee is a former member of Choate’s Executive and Compensation Committees.

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Lee Gesmer

Senior Counsel

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

Lee Johnsey

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Lee Marshall

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Global Department Leader – Litigation & Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Lee Mason

Bartlit Beck LLP

Lee Meyercord

Partner

Holland & Knight

Lee Meyerson

Lee Meyerson is Chairman and Founding Partner of the Firm’s Financial Institutions Practice and previous Head of our global M&A Practice. He has counseled the world’s elite financial and investment firms on a broad range of transactions, including some of the largest and most complex mergers in the financial services industry. Lee’s practice also includes counseling clients on regulatory matters, corporate governance and shareholder activism, as well as a broad range of capital markets transactions, including IPOs, debt, equity and hybrid capital securities offerings.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Lee Mickus

Partner

Evans Fears Schuttert McNulty Mickus

Lee Morlock

Lee Morlock is a tax partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on international tax planning and transactional matters. Lee focuses his practice on international tax planning and transactional matters. He advises Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies on the structuring of cross-border operations, including implementing strategic restructuring transactions and post-acquisition integration, as well as cross-border financing activities. Lee also regularly represents private equity firms and U.S. and non-U.S. corporations in acquisitions, divestitures and other M&A transactions.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lee Popkin

Lee Popkin is a trial lawyer in the Litigation Department, co-head of the Mass Torts & Product Liability group, and a member of the Trial Strategies practice. Recognized as “an emerging go-to talent,” by Chambers USA, Lee has significant experience trying high-stakes cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. Her diverse practice spans complex commercial, product liability, and antitrust litigation and includes clients in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, consumer product, sports, and financial services industries. Lee’s clients rely on her to handle all phases of litigation—from pre-litigation risk assessments through trial and resolution. They value her talent for simplifying complex issues, building credibility with judges and juries, and delivering thoughtful, strategic solutions. Lee also devotes significant time to pro bono matters, and was recognized by KIND for her work representing two sisters from El Salvador fleeing gang violence. Before joining Proskauer, Lee served as law clerk to the Honorable Sarah S. Vance of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She received her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Lee Rovinescu

Partner

Freshfields

Lee Zell

Of Counsel

Balch & Bingham LLP

Leen Al-Alami

Partner

Duane Morris LLP

Leif King

Leif King leads Baker McKenzie's Transactional Group in California. Before joining Baker McKenzie in 2019, Leif served as head of Skadden's transactional group in Northern California, where he had practiced for over 20 years. He represents clients in connection with a wide variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, divestitures, recapitalizations, spin-offs and minority investments. Leif regularly advises public and private companies on corporate, corporate governance and securities law compliance issues. Leif has been featured as a Dealmaker of the Week and Dealmaker of the Month in The American Lawyer, and he has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business every year since 2008. The Daily Journal has named him several times as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California and previously recognized him as one of the Top 20 Under 40 lawyers in the state. He has been recognized by The Recorder as an Attorney of the Year. He has received two California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year awards from California Lawyer magazine and the Daily Journal. Leif also has repeatedly been selected for inclusion in IFLR1000 and The Best Lawyers in America. He was recognized as a BTI Client Service All-Star for providing outstanding client service, as a Thompson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer in 2024 and named to the 2024 edition of the Legal 500 M&A Powerlist: USA Region.

Baker McKenzie

Leigh Fraser

Partner

Ropes & Gray LLP

Leigha Empson

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Leila B. Sayegh

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Leita Walker

Partner

Ballard Spahr LLP

Leiv Blad

Leiv Blad focuses on antitrust investigations and litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and class action and multiparty litigation. He represents clients in government investigations and private litigation raising price fixing, monopolization, and intellectual property issues in various industries, including the financial services, high technology, pharmaceutical, and energy industries.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP