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Sophia (Sojung) Lee joined Ropes & Gray’s corporate department in 2022. Her practice includes representing private equity firms and strategic investors in the structuring and negotiation of leveraged buyouts, mergers, and acquisitions across various industries. She also advises private equity clients and their portfolio companies on general corporate governance matters. Sophia graduated with the High Honors distinction from The George Washington University Law School, where she was also a member of The George Washington Law Review and published a Note on biometric privacy. During law school, she also interned with the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel.
Experience
- Represented a top private investment firm in its acquisition of a provider of applied behavior analysis therapy for children.
- Represented BV Investment Partners on the sale of Frontline Managed Services, one of the world’s largest providers of managed services specifically geared for the legal industry.
- Represented Audax Private Equity on the sale of United Urology Group, one of the nation's leading urology management service organizations offering a comprehensive range of urologic care and ancillary services.
- Represented Audax Private Equity on its acquisition of the Clinical Services business of Avantor, Inc., a provider of clinical trial and laboratory supply chain services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, with a value of approximately $650 million.
- Represented a top private equity firm in its acquisition of a global leader in the online obituary space.
- Represented 7 Mindsets Academy, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, in the acquisition of BASE Education, a developer of social-emotional learning software designed for use in K-12 school curricula.
- Advised on privacy and cybersecurity regulations and issues for a variety of private equity transactions, including H.I.G Capital and Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of Computing Technology Industry Association, an information technology certification and training business.