Colleen Lee

Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Colleen advised on the following matters:

Mergers, Acquisitions and Collaborations

• Intel Corporation in its collaboration with United Microelectronics Corporation to develop a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform; in its proposed but terminated USD 5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor Ltd.; and in its acquisition of Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd.
• Bright Lights Acquisition Corp. in its proposed, but terminated, USD 1 billion merger with Manscaped 
• View in its USD 1.6 billion merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. II and in its acquisition of IoTium
• PayPal Holdings, Inc. in its USD 4 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation; in its acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems Inc.; and in its acquisition of Simility Systems
• Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in several matters, including its USD 14.3 billion acquisition by affiliates of Digital Colony Partner and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund; and in its sale of zColo, including certain U.S. and European data center assets, to DataBank Holdings, Ltd
• SJW Group in its USD 1.1 billion acquisition of Connecticut Water Service Inc. and its defense against a hostile takeover attempt by California Water Service Group
• Permira Funds in its USD 1.75 billion acquisition of Duff & Phelps
• TAL International Group, Inc. in its USD 8.7 billion merger-of-equals transaction with Triton Container International Limited
• Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in its USD 17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

Carve-outs and Spin-offs

• Intel Corporation in the sale of its 5G smartphone modem business to Apple, Inc. and in the sale of its home gateway platform division to MaxLinear, Inc.
• Fortive Corporation in the separation and spin-off of its Automation and Specialty Platform (A&S Platform) and a USD 3 billion reverse morris trust transaction involving the merger of its A&S Platform business with Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
• Danaher Corporation in the separation and spin-off of its communications business and a USD 2.6 billion reverse morris trust transaction involving the merger of its communications business with NetScout Systems, Inc.
• Sabre Corporation in the sale of its AirCentre suite of flight and crew management software solutions to CAE Inc. for USD 392.5 million
• Endo International in a variety of transactions, including the sale of its American Medical-Systems male urology portfolio to Boston Scientific Corporation for USD 1.6 billion

Corporate Governance and Corporate Securities

• Western Digital Corporation in its ongoing evaluation of strategic alternatives and its USD 900 million convertible preferred investment from Apollo and Elliott
• View, Inc. in various strategic transactions and public filings
• Several AI companies in various strategic transactions and corporate structurings

Minority Investments

• Mubadala Investment Company in its investment in Waymo
• Tencent in various investments, including in Empower and Serverless
• PayPal in various investments, including in Anchor Labs
• Foot Locker in its investment in Carbon38
• Peet's Coffee in its investment in Revive Kombucha

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