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Theresa H. Lee, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Reorganizations practice, advises domestic and international clients on complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border corporate reorganizations, venture capital financings, commercial transactions and corporate governance.
Theresa’s extensive experience encompasses significant corporate reorganizations involving global integrations and strategic asset sales. She frequently advises innovative startups and their investors through various stages of growth, guiding them through financing rounds and secondary market transactions. Theresa represents a variety of public and private clients, including entrepreneurs, investors and technology companies across a broad range of industries, primarily in the artificial intelligence (AI), e-commerce, financial services, fintech, gaming, life sciences, digital health, biofuels/alternative energy and car-sharing sectors.
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Earlier in her career, Theresa advised a Fortune 100 tech leader in its strategic investments in startups and early-stage ventures that aligned with its semiconductor ecosystem, handling portfolio management activities, follow-on investments and exit strategies.
Representative Experience
- Represents a large, multinational company specializing in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and AI in its corporate reorganizations of foreign and domestic subsidiaries and newly acquired companies, which include cross-border transactions in numerous countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Netherlands, the Philippines and the UK.
- Represented Electronic Arts in the post-acquisition corporate restructuring of Glu Mobile and its global subsidiaries following the $2.4 billion transaction.
- Represented Clearwater Paper in an internal reorganization of its three paper mill divisions.
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- Represented Saints Capital in its secondary acquisitions and portfolio company restructurings.
- Represented a Japanese public company in its acquisition of a California agribusiness company with four international subsidiaries, involving complex corporate due diligence issues.
- Represented large public pension fund in its acquisition and disposition of portfolio company interests and other strategic business transactions.
- Represented a startup company specializing in an AI-driven mobile ad platform in its acquisition by Snap, Inc.
- Represented Streamlined Ventures in connection with various investments, including Flip’s $144 million Series C financing, HerculesAI’s $26 million Series B financing and Antaris’ $3.5 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented large U.S. telecom company in its multi-tranche strategic investment in a company specializing in spatial computing and augmented reality.
- Represented venture capital fund in its secondary acquisitions of venture capital and private equity investments in emerging growth companies.
- Represented a startup company specializing in medical devices in its Series A financing.
- Represented a startup company specializing in cloud-based workplace design in its venture debt financing with Silicon Valley Bank.
- Represented a startup company specializing in government consulting services in its stock tender offer.
- Represented large automotive club in its launch of a private-label credit card and other financial services products.
Education
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J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law)
Managing Editor, Asian Law JournalA.M., University of Chicago
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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California
Languages
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Korean