A key contact for board directors, Levine Lee LLP is led by a pair of New York-based lawyers, Kenneth Lee and Seth Levine. Lee is a go-to for clients’ bet-the-company disputes, including securities litigation, corporate governance disputes, and internal investigations.
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‘Kenneth Lee has built something rare - a firm where every single lawyer is exceptional. Levine Lee can be trusted with any dispute, investigation, or negotiation because every lawyer is of the highest quality in the market, big firm or boutique.’
‘Kenneth Lee is among the best advisors I have encountered. He solves problems. Ken is as tough as they come in the courtroom and is even more effective in the conference room, getting deals done. ’
‘Great prior experience at large firm in a smaller, nimble package.’
‘Super pragmatic and thoughtful. Exceptionally thoughtful and collaborative.’
Key clients
- The Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc. |(the parent company of Google)
- Stability AI, Inc.
- A Director of Bumble, Inc. (Matthew Bromberg)
- The Demand Review Committee of the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of |Exela Technologies, Inc.
- The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Yext, Inc.
- The Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of Xerox Holdings Corporation
- Eros Media World, Plc
- iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc.
- A former executive of TD Bank (Michael Bowman) (two matters)
- A former CFO of Dentsply Sirona, Inc. (Jorge Gomez) (two matters, one new)
- A former CFO of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (James Standen)
- TMC the metals company Inc.
Work highlights
Represented the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc. in connection with the Board’s consideration of changes to certain workplace, workforce, and corporate governance policies of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary, Google, following President Trump’s issuance of a number of executive orders, including advising the Board in considering such changes in light of certain prior agreements between Alphabet and its shareholders that resulted from shareholder litigation.
Achieved complete victory as lead counsel to Matthew Bromberg, a member of the Board of Directors of Bumble, Inc., the online dating company, in a major shareholder derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery in which shareholders alleged that Mr. Bromberg breached his fiduciary duties to Bumble in connection with Blackstone’s public offering of $1 billion in Bumble stock.
Represented Stability AI, one of the world’s leading generative AI companies headed by, among others, Sean Parker (formerly President of Facebook and founder of Napster) and James Cameron (the acclaimed director), in two major securities matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in which two alleged co-founders of the company are seeking to enforce equity stakes in the company or to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
Practice head
Kenneth Lee; Seth Levine
Other key lawyers
Chad Albert; Steven Kessler