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Youn Jae Lee

Associate

Youn-Jae (Ashley) Lee is an associate and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Ashley is based in the firm’s New York office where she is a member of the firm’s Transactions Practice. 

Prior to joining Foley, Ashley was an associate at a global law firm in the corporate group. Ashley worked on various projects ranging from entity formations to venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. She also worked on a number of initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) representing both issuers and underwriters.

Ashley also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York, New York, NY. At Berkeley Law, she also served as a volunteer and leader of the East Bay Dreamers Project and the Berkeley Immigration Group.

Languages

  • Korean (native)
31 May 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents LG Technology Ventures as a Lead Investor in $36 Million Series B Round for Li Industries

Foley & Lardner LLP represented LG Technology Ventures as a lead investor in the $36 million Series B funding round for Li Industries.
22 April 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents AI Pioneer Matterport in Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by CoStar Group

Foley & Lardner LLP is representing Matterport, Inc. in its proposed acquisition by CoStar Group for an estimated equity value of approximately $2.1 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion.
21 March 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Riverwood Capital as Lead Investor in Series E Round for BigID

Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Riverwood Capital as lead investor in the $60 million Series E funding round for cybersecurity startup BigID.
15 March 2024 Honors and Awards

Foley Honored with 2024 Pro Bono All-Star Award by Her Justice for Immigration Work

Foley & Lardner LLP associates Fatih Mercan, Sabrina Bryan, Ashley Lee, former senior counsel Emma Blumer, law graduate Kate Clendenen, and legal assistants Yili Khamly and Josh Oh were recognized by Her Justice with the Pro Bono All-Star Award as part of the organization’s 2024 Commitment to Justice Awards.
17 January 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents TDK Ventures as Investor in Infinite Uptime

Foley & Lardner LLP represented TDK Ventures as an investor in Infinite Uptime, the Industry 5.0 focused startup.
05 January 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents TDK Ventures as Lead Investor in Series A Funding Round for Faction Technology

Foley & Lardner LLP represented TDK Ventures as the lead investor in the Series A financing for driverless-technology developer Faction Technology.