Baker Botts L.L.P.

Corporate

Partner

Lee D. Charles' practice focuses on representing publicly held and privately owned companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital-raising activities, both in the United States and internationally. He served as Partner in Charge of the firm's New York office for more than 10 years.

In addition to his transactional work, Mr. Charles regularly counsels special committees and boards of directors on the most complex, sensitive and important matters they face, including going-private and other conflict-of-interest transactions, corporate governance matters, internal investigations and disclosure matters. He has extensive experience in transactions involving control shareholders.

New York State Bar

Board of Trustees-Parker Jewish Institute for Healthcare and Rehabilitation

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1988 cum laude Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer

B.A., Political Science, State University of New York at Binghamton 1985 with distinction