Edward Lee is a partner in the Private Funds Group. Edward advises fund managers and investors on the formation of a broad range of funds, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, debt, venture capital and secondary funds. He also advises on co-investments (including direct co-investments) and buyers and sellers in secondary transactions. In addition, Edward works on various related issues, including single investor vehicles, carried interest arrangements, limited liability partnership agreements and ongoing fund administrative issues.
Edward has been named by Legal Week as a Private Equity Rising Star for 2020, has been included in Venture Capital Journal’s 2023 list of 40 Rising Stars under the age of 40 in the venture capital industry, and is recognised in Chambers UK for his work in the venture capital space.
Education
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University of Exeter, L.P.C.
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University of Oxford, B.C.L.
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University of Oxford, M.A. Law
First Class
Admissions & Qualifications
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Awards & Recognition
Chambers UK, Investment Funds: Private Equity: Venture Capital, Spotlight Table 2021-2022
Chambers UK, Investment Funds: Private Equity: Venture Capital 2024
The Legal 500 United Kingdom: Investment Funds: 2018-2019, 2021, 2023-2024
Legal Week Private Equity Rising Star 2020
Venture Capital Journal’s: Rising Star under the age of 40 in the venture capital industry, 2023
Matters
Recent work includes advising:
- Apiary Capital on the fundraising for its debut fund, Apiary Capital I.
- Ares Management on various debt managed accounts and funds of one.
- Hg on its most recent $11 billion+ triple fund raise, simultaneously raising Saturn 2, Genesis 9 and Mercury 3.
- Holland Private Equity on the establishment of its second fund and various co-investment vehicles.
- Investcorp on the formation of Investcorp Technology Partners IV and a GP-led liquidity solution for its prior technology fund.
- Lexington Partners on secondary transactions, as well as related primary investments and co-investments.
- LGT Capital Partners on a number of co-investment mandates.
- M&G Private Fund Investments on fundraising as well as primary, co-investment and secondary transactions.
- Northzone on the closing of its ninth fund, raising $500 million in just under five months.
- Piton Capital on its fund structuring projects, including Piton Capital Venture Fund III, and various special projects.
- Tenzing Private Equity on the formation of its first fund, Tenzing Private Equity I, as well as its second fund, Tenzing Private Equity II.
- Institutional investors, European pension schemes and various family offices on primary investments and the formation of managed accounts.