Jean A. Lee

Jean A. Lee

Partner
Spoken Languages
English Korean
Jean A. Lee
Los Angeles
+1 213 426 2510

Jean A. Lee is a partner in the firm’s Technology M&A and Public M&A / Corporate Governance practices. She focuses on representing public and private companies and private equity funds in a variety of matters, including mergers & acquisitions, going private transactions, divestitures, and corporate governance.

Experience

Jean’s recent representative experience includes:

  • HGGC, LLC in numerous matters, including its $825 million take-private acquisition of Monotype Imaging Holdings and $446 million take-private acquisition of Nutraceutical International Corp.*
  • Vista Equity Partners in numerous matters, including its $3.5 billion take-private acquisition of Pluralsight, Inc., $1.94 billion take-private acquisition of Apptio, Inc., $1.55 billion acquisition of The Advisory Board Company's education business, $564 million take-private acquisition of Xactly Corp., and $1.6 billion take-private acquisition of Infoblox Inc.*
  • Golden Gate Capital in its $2.9 billion acquisition of Neustar, Inc.*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

  • Pathos AI in its acquisition of Rain Oncology
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation in its $249 million acquisition of Sequans Communications S.A.
  • Tata Communications in its $100 million acquisition of Kaleyra
  • Poshmark in its $1.6 billion acquisition by Naver Corporation
  • Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo for $6.9 billion
  • Ritchie Bros. in its $7.3 billion acquisition of IAA, Inc.
  • Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. in its $650 million sale to L Catterton*
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation in its acquisition of Reflexis Systems, Inc.*
  • Delphi Technologies PLC in its $3.3 billion sale to BorgWarner Inc.*
  • Smart & Final Stores, Inc. in its $1.12 billion sale to Apollo Global Management*
  • Valence Media, a diversified media company with divisions or investments in premium television, wide release film, specialty film, live entertainment and digital media, in its creation through a combination of Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, Dick Clark productions and MRC*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Goodwin, Jean was most recently a partner in the corporate group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles. Prior to Kirkland, she was a corporate associate at Paul Hastings LLP in San Diego.

While in law school, Jean served on the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal.

Professional Activities

Jean is a member of the Korean American Bar Association.

Credentials

Education

MBA2014

University of Southern California

JD2014

USC Gould School of Law

BS2009

University of California, Berkeley

Admissions

Bars

  • California