Denny Lee represents market-leading clients in a broad spectrum of strategic transactions.

Denny draws on extensive business experience in the US and Asia markets to regularly guide public and private companies, private equity sponsors, financial advisors, and special committees of boards of directors on:

  • Complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions
  • Spinoff and carve-out transactions
  • Joint ventures
  • Take-privates
  • Corporate finance transactions

His experience in US and multijurisdictional transactions spans multiple industries, including energy and infrastructure, leisure, technology, and life sciences.

Denny also regularly counsels publicly listed companies on a variety of general corporate matters, including US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting obligations, corporate governance matters, shareholder activism, and other issues related to public company status.

Before law school, Denny worked at a leading global investment bank, covering clients across the Asia-Pacific region. He also worked at a global private equity firm, responsible for acquisitions and asset management.

Denny recently served as a member of the Gala Committee of the Asian American Bar Association of Houston.

Denny’s representative experience includes advising:

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • SLB on its US$7 billion acquisition of ChampionX Corporation
  • Chesapeake Energy on its US$7.4 billion acquisition of Southwestern Energy
  • Archrock on its US$983 million acquisition of Total Operations and Production Services
  • Enerplus Corporation on its US$11 billion merger with Chord Energy
  • Magellan Midstream Partners on its US$18.8 billion merger with ONEOK, Inc.
  • Quanta Services on its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Blattner Energy, a renewable energy infrastructure solutions company
  • Altus Power on its take-private acquisition by TPG
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings on its take-private by N Logistics Holdings
  • QEP Resources on its US$2.2 billion merger with Diamondback Energy
  • R.R. Donnelley & Sons on acquiring the digital and print marketing businesses from Vericast Corp.
  • Priority Power, an Ara Partners portfolio company that provides turnkey energy management services, in its acquisition by I Squared Capital
  • Sasol on its US$2 billion sale of a 50% stake in Lake Charles Chemical Plant to form a joint venture with LyondellBasell, a multinational chemical company
  • TechnipFMC, a global oilfield services company, on selling its measurement solutions business to One Equity Partners
  • TotalEnergies on its US$250 million acquisition of SunPower’s Commercial and Industrial Solutions Business
  • Hess Infrastructure Partners on its US$6.2 billion acquisition by Hess Midstream Partners LP and subsequent conversion of the combined entity into an Up-C organizational structure
  • Midstates Petroleum Company on its US$729 million merger of equals with Amplify Energy, an independent oil and natural gas company
  • Fertitta Entertainment, the parent company of Golden Nugget/Landry’s, a leader in the gaming, restaurant, hospitality, and entertainment industry, on its proposed US$6.6 billion merger with FAST Acquisition Corp.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners on its US$857 million acquisition of a 25% interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline from Targa Resources
  • Aeva, a manufacturer of LiDAR and perception systems, on its US$1.7 billion merger with InterPrivate Acquisition Corp.
  • Hub Cyber Security, an Israel-based confidential computing solution provider, on its US$1.28 billion merger with Mount Rainier Acquisition Corp.
  • Science 37 on its US$1.05 billion merger with LifeSci Acquisition II Corp.
  • Above Food Corp., an innovative ingredients and consumer products food company, on its merger with Bite Acquisition Corp.

Joint Ventures

  • A consortium investor on US$1+ billion preferred equity financing for Blue Source Sustainable Forests Co. (BSFC) and BSFC’s acquisition of 1.7 million acres of timberland, representing one of the largest private conservation-focused forest investments in US history
  • Brookfield Renewable on its joint venture with California Resources Corporation, creating a carbon management partnership focused on carbon capture and sequestration development
  • Chevron on its joint venture with Microsoft, Schlumberger, and Clean Energy for a bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration project designed to produce carbon-negative power in Mendota, California
  • Vault CCS, a carbon capture and storage developer, on its investment from Grey Rock Investment Partners

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2016
  • BBA, Yonsei University, 2006
  • BE, Yonsei University, 2006

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Korean