Practice Areas
- Commercial & Technology Transactions
- Corporate
- Electronic Health Record Technology
- Intellectual Property
- Joint Ventures/ Partnerships/ Limited Liability Companies
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance & Private Equity
- Privacy & Data Security
- 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
100 North Tryon Street
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202-4003
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202-4003
Overview
Representative Matters
News & Events
Professional Affiliations
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. Lee works with many start-up and emerging growth companies as well as Fortune 500 companies.
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 Charlotte Rescue Mission
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Charlotte
- Former member of the Board of Directors of Ventureprise (f/k/a The Ben Craig Center), a non-profit business incubator committed to helping entrepreneurs develop their small businesses into economic leaders within the Charlotte region
- Elder at Bethel Presbyterian Church
- Math Tutor for the Charlotte Rescue Mission
Representative Matters
- Represented national bank in its acquisitions of ten insurance agencies, including its $570 million acquisition of a large property, casualty and life insurance agency.
- 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 1,000 technology agreements, including with Microsoft, BEA, SAS, CISCO, EMC, Oracle, IBM and Google.
- Represented start-up and merging growth software companies in raising over $500 million of private capital.
News
- GENERAL GUIDANCE ON LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COVID-19 AND PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY FOR U.S. COMPANIES[1]
- Privacy & Data Security Blog Offers “Data Points”
- Moore & Van Allen Invests in Success of Queen City Forward Entrepreneurs
- Lee Provides Insight on Cloud Computing
- Lee Featured as "Legal Expert"
- Legal Issues For Businesses To Consider When Using Social Media
Speaking Engagements
- Privacy & Data Security Seminar Series 2016, March 2016
- Privacy & Data Security Seminar Series 2014, October 30, 2014
Professional Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- American Bar Association