Seung (Jason) Lee is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s Corporate department. Jason works with public and private companies and investment management firms in connection with a variety of cross-border and domestic business transactions, equity financings and general corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital transactions, seed capital arrangements and joint ventures.
Highlighted Matters
Represented Mercedes-Benz
on its investment in humanoid robotics company Apptronik's $403 million Series
A funding round.
Represented Munich-based condiment producer Develey Senf & Feinkost in the sale of its U.S. production facility to Chicago-based global food ingredients manufacturer Newly Weds Foods.
Represented Geller & Company on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S.
Represented Latin American neobank Ualá in its $300 million Series E preferred equity financing at a post-money valuation of $2.75 billion, its $350 million Series D preferred equity financing as well as all of Ualá’s prior financing rounds, raising funds from Allianz X and affiliates of Tencent, Softbank, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Soros Fund Management, Monashees, Ribbit Capital, Jefferies, Stone Ridge Holdings Group and Pershing Square Foundation, among others
Represented HPS Investment Partners in a cross-border carve-out transaction
Represented Indian hotel OYO on its acquisition of G6 Hospitality, the parent company of U.S. hospitality brand Motel 6
Represented JOST Werke SE in the acquisition of Crenlo do Brasil from Angeles Equity Partners
Represented venture capital arm of Banco Bradesco on its R$17 million seed investment in Brazilian web security start-up Exato Digital
Represented global aircraft inventory solutions provider DASI in the sale of 50% of the outstanding ownership of DASI to Marubeni Corporation, a publicly traded Japanese company that is one of the world’s largest trading and investment conglomerates, and related joint venture arrangements. The transaction saw minority investor Fortress Investment Group exit its investment in DASI
Represented Greenbriar Equity Group LLC in connection with the acquisition of automotive aftermarket
parts and accessories distributor JEGS High Performance
Represented AMC Networks in connection with the acquisition of Sentai Holdings, a global supplier of anime
content and merchandise
Represented SPAC Isos Acquisition Corp., in its $2.6 billion IPO merger with Bowlero Corp. that took the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers public
Represented Greenbriar Equity Group in its acquisition of delivery company FragilePAK
Represented Latin American fintech Ualá in its $350 million Series D round of preferred equity financing –
presumed to be the largest private fundraising round ever
by an Argentinian company
Represented Tao Group Hospitality in a deal to acquire majority control of Hakkasan Group, creating a premium hospitality powerhouse that includes a global portfolio of brands and properties with significant potential for future growth
Represented U.K. sports and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion in its acquisition of athletic footwear and apparel streetwear retailer DTLR Villa
