Lee, Claudia-Skye (Skye) Xin

Claudia-Skye (Skye) Xin Lee

Associate

She/Her/Hers

Skye Lee is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where she was a summer associate prior to joining the firm full-time. 

Skye earned her JD from Columbia Law School and her LLB from the London School of Economics. During law school, Skye was involved in the Mediation Clinic. She helped mediate a variety of cases, primarily from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in Small Claims Court, and at SDNY.

Skye works with clients in numerous industries on different types of transactions and maintains a broad-based capital markets practice representing sponsors, issuers, and investment banks in high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, acquisition financings, exchange offers, tender offers, consent solicitations, hybrid capital matters, and liability management financings. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Skye works with clients in:

  • B&G Foods in its senior notes offering
  • The underwriters in the IPO of Seaport Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Warburg Pincus in its strategic investment in Global Eggs
  • Angus Chemical Company in connection with financing matters
  • The underwriters in Boots’ €650 million and £375 million senior secured notes offerings in connection with Sycamore Partners’ acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
  • Neuberger Berman in its preferred equity investment in Paradigm
  • The financing sources supporting Walgreens Boots Alliance’s US$23.7 billion acquisition by Sycamore Partners
  • The underwriters in the IPO of Via Transportation, Inc.
  • Carlyle in its US$1.3 billion strategic investment in Trucordia
  • Five Point in its US$450 million senior notes offering
  • Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. in its US$787.5 million initial public offering
  • The financing sources in Xerox Holdings Corporation's US$1.5 billion acquisition of Lexmark
  • The underwriters in Mastercard's US$1.25 billion notes offering
  • Vroom Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
  • Intrum AB in the ad hoc group of noteholders-led Chapter 11 restructuring
  • Innophos Holdings, Inc. in liability management financing transactions
  • The underwriters in Liquidia Corporation's follow-on public offering
  • Afiniti, Ltd. in its Chapter 15 restructuring proceedings
  • BMI Oldco Inc. in connection with post-confirmation matters
  • The underwriters in the IPO of Karman Space and Defense
  • MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings LLC in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
  • Sotera Health in its 2024 secured notes offering
  • Endeavor Operating Company in connection with the sale of OpenBet
  • Silver Lake in its take-private of Endeavor Operating Company
  • PL Developments in its liability management transaction
  • RR Donnelley & Sons Company in its consent solicitation and financing
  • The underwriters in the IPO of MapLight Therapeutics
  • Robertshaw in connection with restructuring and financing matters

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Columbia Law School
    Carol B. Liebman Mediation Prize, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Journal of European Law
  • LLB, London School of Economics
    First Class Honours, LSE Law Review

Practices