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Kirkland & Ellis LLP Offices
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Chicago, IL 60654
United States
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Mr Lee Morlock
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Position
Lee Morlock focuses his practice on tax planning and transactional matters. He regularly represents private equity firms and U.S. and non-U.S. corporations in acquisitions, divestitures and other M&A transactions. He has significant experience representing fund sponsors and investors in structuring cross-border funds, including infrastructure, real estate and other private equity investments, and in implementing strategic transactions for fund sponsors. Lee also advises Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies on the structuring of cross-border operations, including implementing strategic restructuring transactions and post-acquisition integration, and cross-border financing activities. Lee regularly advises family offices and private investors on structuring management and investment vehicles.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude; Associate Editor, Harvard International Law Journal; McGill University, B.Com., Dean’s Honour List.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > International tax
(Next Generation Partners)Kirkland & Ellis LLP advises on tax planning in connection with domestic and foreign M&A, buyouts, fund formations, restructurings, bankruptcy reorganizations, financings, and executive compensation arrangements. Practice head Dean Shulman, who is based in New York, has significant experience advising on and structuring transactions, including partnership workouts and restructurings, like-kind exchanges, and transactions involving the formation and operation of partnerships. In Chicago, Rachel Cantor‘s practice is focused on the tax aspects of complex business transactions, with particular experience handling private equity, LBO, and merger and acquisition transactions. New York-based Sara Zablotney advises on the full spectrum of transactions, including M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, and spin-offs. In Chicago, Mike Carew has expertise in the tax aspects of M&A, buyouts, and private equity investing and Lee Morlock advises Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies on the structuring of cross-border operations. In New York, Mark Schwed supports public companies and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on their domestic and international acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, and restructurings. Restructuring transaction specialist Anthony Sexton and Polina Liberman are both based in Chicago, and Adam Kool, who handle the full breadth of business transactions, practices from New York. In 2023, the team welcomed the expertise of David Foster from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Sam Kamyans from Allen & Overy LLP, both based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- International tax United States > Tax
- Next Generation Partners United States > Tax > International tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Government > State attorneys general
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism