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Proskauer Continues Growth of Global M&A Practice with Addition of Corporate Private Equity Partners James Lee and Jae Woo ParkInternational law firm Proskauer announced today the arrival of James Lee (News - Alert) and Jae Woo Park as partners in its M&A practice. They will both be based in the New York office. "As we expand our global M&A team, James and Jae epitomize the entrepreneurial spirit that Proskauer prides itself on cultivating," said Steve Ellis, Chair of the Firm. "We have worked on many industry transforming deals over recent months and we welcome their cross sector strength and depth of experience to expand our expertise."
Jae Woo noted that "Proskauer, with its progressive culture and entrepreneurial approach, fits in nicely with our values and principles, and that of our existing clients. We are delighted to join a leading M&A practice and to be working alongside such exceptional lawyers." Proskauer's M&A practice stands alone among its peers in the legal industry, with an unmatched combination of deep sector knowledge and transactional strength. We are consistently recognized as among the best by leading business and legal publications, including Chambers and The Legal 500. With a transactional presence in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, we have a deep understanding of the structuring, cultural and procedural issues that are often at the center of complex cross-border transactions. We provide strategic, disciplined and commercial advice geared towards achieving our clients' goals in an efficient and practical manner. Recent headline representations include Leisure Acquisition Corp. in its $1.115 billion merger with Gateway (News - Alert) Casinos & Entertainment; Public Interest Registry, which operates and manages the .ORG domain, in its pending $1.135 billion sale to Ethos Capital; Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. in its entry into a definitive agreement to sell its PersonalizationMall.com business to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.; Comtech Telecommunications (News - Alert) Corp.'s in its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and Discovery Inc.'s acquisition of Latin American Golf, S.L., which operates Golf Channel Latin America, from Simple Networks LLC and Inversiones Bahia. Additional information about the Firm can be found at www.proskauer.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200323005103/en/ |