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    Ha Jin Lee

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    Tessa Lee is a partner in the Firm’s Tax Group. Her practice covers a wide variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions, partnership transactions, real estate and REIT transactions and structured products.

    Spotlight

    S&C Advises Symbotic in Acquisition of Walmart’s Advanced Systems and Robotics Business

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    S&C Advises Tadano in All-Cash Acquisition of Manitex International Valued at $223 Million

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    S&C Advises FGS Global in Acquisition by KKR Valued at $1.7 Billion

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    S&C Advises Neiman Marcus Group in Agreement to be Acquired by HBC for $2.65 Billion

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    Experience

    • UnitedHealth Group in:
      • Optum’s $3.7 billion pending acquisition of Amedisys 
      • its $6 billion acquisition of LHC Group, Inc.
      • connection with Optum’s $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare
      • its $2.2 billion sale of the claims editing business (ClaimsXten) of Change Healthcare Inc. to an affiliate of TPG Capital
      • its $4.3 billion acquisition of the DaVita Medical Group segment of DaVita Inc.

    • DigitalBridge (f/k/a Colony Capital) in its:
      • $316 million acquisition of AMP Capital's global infrastructure equity investment management business
      • acquisition of Wafra to acquire Wafra’s 31.5% ownership in DigitalBridge’s investment management subsidiary for a transaction consideration of $800 million
      • $3.2 billion sale of its Wellness Infrastructure business to Highgate Capital Investments, L.P, and Aurora Health Network
      • acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings, LLC
    • Credit Suisse/UBS
      • in its $3.3 billion merger with UBS 
      • in connection with its agreement with Apollo to conclude investment management and transition services agreements with Atlas SP
      • in the sale of its Securitized Products Group and other related financing businesses to Apollo
    • Lazard in its conversion from a publicly traded partnership to a U.S. C-Corporation under Delaware Law and changing its name from Lazard Ltd to Lazard, Inc.
    • AIG in its sale of its Affordable Housing platform to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
    • JPMorgan Chase in its acquisition of Aumni
    • Goldman Sachs in its:
      • €1.7 billion acquisition of NN Investment Partners 
      • $2 billion acquisition of GreenSky 
      • acquisition of Folio Financial
      • acquisition of Clarity Money
    • Bank of America, Barclays, Citadel Securities, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo in their minority investment in Fenics Markets Xchange
    • Goldman Sachs Asset Management in connection with its investing, investment management and capital-raising activities, including various joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, financing, restructurings, workouts and fund formations and operations relating to industrial/logistics, multi-family housing, student housing, office, retail and hotel properties, including:
      • $132.5 million acquisition of the Good Hotel, the Hotel Vertigo, the Carriage Inn and the Americania Hotel, each in San Francisco, California, in a joint venture with Oxford Capital Group, who will serve as the operating member of the venture
      • purchase of an 11 asset portfolio of office and mixed use properties in Denver, Lakewood, and Boulder, Colorado, and Seattle, Washington, from Unico Partners I REIT, LLC, a fund managed by Unico Investment Group
    • GS Principal Investment Area in:
      • the acquisition DOXA Parent Holdings, LLC (DOXA)
      • the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of CommunityLend Holdings Inc. 
      • West Street Capital Partners’ plan of arrangement, pursuant to which an entity controlled by certain investment funds affiliated with West Street acquired C$1.13 billion of all issued and outstanding shares of People Corporation 
    • Blue Pool Capital, in its investment in Owl Rock Capital Group and in connection with Owl Rock Capital and Dyal Capital Partners’ formation of Blue Owl Capital
    • Madison Square Garden Entertainment in its merger with MSG Networks, Inc. 
    • Madison Square Garden Sports in the separation of its sports and entertainment businesses, including the spin-off of its entertainment businesses, Madison Square Garden Entertainment
    • PacWest Bancorp in its merger with Banc of California 
    • Vornado Realty Trust in: 
      • its $6 billion spin-off of JBG Smith Realty Trust and combination with JBG RMT
      • various equity and debt offerings, including its Series N and O Preferred
    • DISH Network in its merger with EchoStar 
    • Piper Sandler in its acquisition of DBO Partners
    • C&S Wholesale Grocers in its $1.9 billion pending acquisition of 413 stores, eight distribution centers and two offices that Kroger is proposing to divest in connection with Kroger and Albertsons Companies’ merger and acquisition of the wholesale distribution and supply business of Grocers Supply Company
    • FGS Global Inc. in its:
      • CAN$72 million acquisition of Longview Communications and Public Affairs
      • $8 billion sale of 29% stake to KKR
    • CIT Group in: 
      • its merger of equals with First Citizens
      • connection with CIT Bank's acquisition of Mutual of Omaha Bank
    • Symbotic in its and SoftBank’s establishment of GreenBox Systems and its approximately $7.5 billion new customer contract with GreenBox
    • Cheniere Energy in its acquisition of the publicly-held shares of Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings not already owned by Cheniere
    • Axioma in its $850 million acquisition by Deutsche Börse
    • Hanzade Dogan in its stock purchase agreement with Kaspi.kz to sell 65.41% of total outstanding Class A and B shares of Hepsiburada
    • Nippon Steel Corporation in its sale of equity interests in AM/NS Calvert to ArcelorMittal S.A.
    • Tadano in its $223 million acquisition of Manitex International

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    Credentials

    Education

    • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 2015
    • Seoul National University, M.A., 2010
    • University of Michigan, B.A., 2004

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Languages

    • Korean

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