Lee A. Malam

Lee Malam practices corporate law with a focus on private equity and M&A transactions. He acts for corporate clients, private equity sponsors, growth investors, and management teams on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, investments, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and the implementation of management incentive arrangements.

Lee has extensive experience acting on complex, high-value transactions across a range of sectors, including technology, software and IT services, retail and consumer, financial services, media, and events. He advises across the full M&A and private equity transaction life cycle, from initial structuring and execution through to exits and follow-on investments.

Lee's representative transactions include advising: The Riverside Company on the sale of portfolio companies Guestline and Bohemia Interactive Simulations; Pepper Global on the sale of Pepper Advantage to J.C. Flowers; EagleTree Capital on the formation and expansion of its Arc platform through multiple acquisitions; Raine Capital on its Series A and Series B investments in Midnite; Park Place Technologies on its acquisition of CSI; Consilio on the acquisition of Lawyers on Demand and SYKE from Bowmark Capital; and Loungers plc on its £354.4 million takeover by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group by way of scheme of arrangement.

During his time at Jones Day, Lee has served a secondment with True Capital, a leading consumer-focused investment and innovation firm, where he acted as sole in-house legal counsel across the entire business, including private equity, venture capital, and strategic partnership activities.