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Lee J. Potter, Jr. practices in the area of corporate law with a concentration in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures – including several transactions involving investments in federal opportunity zones – and private equity. Mr. Potter regularly advises foreign and U.S. companies, both publicly held and private, on a wide variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity transactions, debt financings, restructurings and general corporate issues, including advising non-profits in connection with their organization and governance. He has represented companies across a broad array of industries, including aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology, financial services, transportation, retail, fashion, media, insurance and energy. Mr. Potter is a 1992 graduate, with honors, of the University of North Carolina School of Law (joint J.D./M.B.A.), where he was articles editor for the North Carolina Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and a graduate of Oberlin College. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.
