
Overview
Lydia Joo Lee represents lenders, agents, sponsors and corporate borrowers in acquisition financings, first lien senior secured term, revolver and asset-based loan facilities, subscription facilities and mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities in several industries, including aerospace, manufacturing, customer services and printing.
Experience
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Represented a Singapore-based investment management firm in connection with the formation of an ERISA “hardwired” master-feeder fund structure focused on investing primarily in Asian healthcare companies
Represented PRCE Management LLC, an affiliate of Phorcys Asset Management LLC, in connection with the formation and offering of up to $150 million worth of unsecured 3.00% variable appreciation promissory notes of Ocean Capital LLC, a Puerto Rican limited liability company and private investment fund organized for the purpose of investing in a family of Puerto Rico registered investment companies (the PR Funds); advised the client on the preparation and negotiation of the form of promissory note, note purchase agreement, subscription agreement and private placement memorandum, as well as negotiating the terms of side letters and other agreements with investors; also advised the client on a parallel private tender offer with third party shareholders of the PR Funds in conjunction with the information agent and depositary agent, providing U.S. securities advice to the client on the tender offer and responsible for the preparation of the offer to purchase (including supplements), form of securities transfer agreement, and letter of transmittal, as well as the drafting of advertising material published in Puerto Rico
Represented agent and lender in a $65 million first lien senior secured term loan to a manufacturing company
Represented agent and lenders in a $135 million first lien senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility for an acquisition financing of a printing company
Represented agent and lenders in a $280 million first lien senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility for an acquisition financing of an automobile performance products parts company
Represented borrower in a $250 million subscription facility
Represented private equity fund and borrower in a $72.5 million senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility and simultaneously represented private equity fund and company in the issuance of $36.5 million in senior secured subordinated notes
Education and Credentials
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Senior Editor
- New York University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2011
Admissions
- State of Connecticut
- State of New York
News & Insights
Thought Leadership
- Navigating the SEC’s New Private Fund Rules: Challenges Ahead for Sponsors and Advisers , September 26, 2023
- SEC's Amended Advertising Rules for Investment Advisers: Compliance Date Countdown Begins , May 5, 2021
- New York and Connecticut Adopt Changes to Modernize Securities Filings , December 4, 2020
- Covid-19 Emergency Order Authorizes CT Municipalities to Hold Public Meetings and Voting by Remote Participation , October 23, 2020
- SEC Risk Alert Shines Spotlight on Private Funds , September 25, 2020
News
- Day Pitney Institutional Investor Team Represents a State Investment Division in $200 Million Investment in a Private Equity Fund, November 21, 2023
- Day Pitney Institutional Investor Team Represents a State Pension Fund in $150 Million Investment into a Private Equity Fund, June 12, 2023
- Day Pitney Institutional Investor Team Represents a State Pension Fund in $1 Billion Investment in Fund of One, June 8, 2023
- Day Pitney Represents a Singapore-based Investment Management Firm in Forming Long/Short Fund, March 31, 2023
- Day Pitney Represents a Singapore-based Investment Management Firm in Forming Healthcare Fund, March 30, 2023
In The Media
Media Mentions
- Major Japanese Pension Fund Seeds Japan Equity Long-Short Fund, Hedgeweek, September 13, 2021
- How Day Pitney Attys Guided Client's New Property Fund Deal, Law360 Pulse, April 23, 2021