Practice Areas
- Commercial & Technology Transactions
- Corporate
- Electronic Health Record Technology
- Intellectual Property
- Joint Ventures/ Partnerships/ Limited Liability Companies
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance & Private Equity
- Private Equity & Mezzanine Finance
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 350 technology agreements, including with Microsoft, BEA, SAS, CISCO, EMC, Oracle, IBM and Google.
- Represented start-up and merging growth software companies in raising over $200 million of private capital.
Of Note
- Selected for inclusion to the 2009 and 2010 North Carolina Rising Stars list, which is included in the North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine
- 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
- Deacon at Bethel Presbyterian Church
News
- Lee Featured as "Legal Expert" in TechRepublic
- Legal Issues For Businesses To Consider When Using Social Media
- Source Code Escrow Agreements
- Frequently Asked Questions When Licensing Software
- Term Sheets For Private Equity Investments
- Thirty-six Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Named to North Carolina Super Lawyers 2010
Professional Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- American Bar Association