Practice Areas
- Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions/Securities
- Intellectual Property
- Joint Ventures/ Partnerships/ Limited Liability Companies
- Private Equity & Mezzanine Finance
- Technology Transactional
Education
- B.A., Wake Forest University, 1993, cum laude
- M.B.A., Wake Forest University, 1998
- J.D., Wake Forest University, 1998, magna cum laude
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1998
Marcus S. Lee
Marcus Lee is a seasoned corporate attorney with extensive experience in counseling companies on raising private and venture capital, licensing and protecting software, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property, and structuring, negotiating and documenting complex business contracts, acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Lee works with many start-up and emerging growth companies as well as Fortune 500 companies.
Representative Transactions:
- Represented publicly-held textile company in structuring, negotiating and closing acquisitions and joint ventures in China, India, The Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Slovenia and Mexico.
- Represented large healthcare company in its acquisition of the healthcare informatics division of a publicly-traded company.
- Represented Fortune 500 company in negotiating over 250 technology agreements, including with Microsoft, BEA, SAS, CISCO, EMC, Oracle, IBM and Google.
- Represented start-up and merging growth software companies in raising over $100 million of private capital.
Of Note
- A principal and founder of Warrior Golf Club, a public/private golf course in Landis, NC
- Member of the Board of Directors of The Ben Craig Center, a non-profit business incubator committed to helping entrepreneurs develop their small businesses into economic leaders within the Charlotte region
- Member of the Rotary Club of Charlotte
Professional Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
