Lee Hochbaum
Advises strategic clients on a variety of matters. Represents private equity sponsors and private funds on a full range of transactions. Active in SPAC mergers.
Lee is a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Investment Management practices. Lee advises U.S. and international strategic clients on a wide variety of complex matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and corporate governance matters.
He also represents private equity sponsors and private funds on a full range of transactions and matters, including acquisitions and dispositions and capital raising transactions.
Lee is active in mergers involving special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and co-heads our SPAC practice.
Experience highlights
Strategic Company Mergers & Acquisitions
- Shearman & Sterling on its merger with Allen & Overy
- Charles Schwab on its $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade
- GE on the $11.1 billion combination of GE Transportation and Wabtec
- Markit on its $13 billion merger of equals with IHS
- Emera on its $10.4 billion acquisition of TECO Energy
- Tyson Foods on its $8.5 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands
- Warner Chilcott on its $5 billion sale to Actavis
- Comcast on its proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable
- Heinz on its $28 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital
Private Equity and Fund Formation
- Goldman Sachs’ private equity group on various transactions
- Cornell Capital on various transactions
- Tailwind Capital on various transactions
SPAC Transactions
- Lucid Motors on its $24 billion combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV
- Roivant on its $7.3 billion combination with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp.
- VG Acquisition Corp on its $3.6 billion combination with 23andMe
- Payoneer on its $3.3 billion combination with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp.
- MoneyLion on its $2.4 billion combination with Fusion Acquisition
- ProKidney on its $1.8 billion combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III
- Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. on its $1.5 billion combination with WMH Holdings
- Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II on its $1.5 billion combination with Grove Collaborative
- One Madison Corporation on its $1.1 billion combination with Ranpak
- SatixFy on its $813 million combination with Endurance Acquisition Corp.
- Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II on its $446 million combination with Eleusis
Financial Institutions and Services
- JPMorgan acquires assets and assumes certain liabilities of First Republic
- Charles Schwab on its $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade
- CenterState on its $6 billion merger with South State
- Bats Global Markets on its $3.4 billion acquisition by CBOE
- MoneyLion on its $440 million acquisition of Even Financial
- Citigroup on its sale of OneMain to Springleaf
- Figure on its merger with Homebridge Financial Services
Israel Mergers & Acquisitions
- ECI Telecom on its merger with Ribbon Communications
- Taboola on its combination with ION Acquisition Corp.
- Attunity on its $560 million acquisition by Qlik
- NICE Systems on its $940 million acquisition of inContact
- ADAMA on the acquisition of Bonide Products
- Mediamind on its $500 million acquisition by DG FastChannel
Insights
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Credentials
Recognition
Law360 – “Rising Star: Mergers & Acquisitions,” 2020
IsraelDesks Legally Israel 100
Education
- magna cum laude
- Senior Editor, Harvard Law Review
- cum laude
Professional history
- Partner, 2016-present
- Davis Polk since 2008
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York