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Education and Bar Admission

• B.A., International Management, Claremont McKenna College (1985).
• J.D., UCLA School of Law (1988).
• California Bar, admitted December 1988.

• Co-Chair of Resorts, Hotels and Tourism Committee of the Real Estate and Probate Section of the American Bar Association (2001-2003).
• Member of the Executive Committee of the International Law Section of the State Bar of California (2003-present).
• Newsletter Editor of the International Law Section of the State Bar of California (2003-present).
• Member of LAMBDA ALPHA International, an honorary land and economics society.

• Representation of owners in the disposition and acquisitions of Hampton Inn hotels in Southern California.
• Representation of hotel management companies in connection with the negotiation of management agreement for conversions of properties for management by management companies.
• Representation of offshore companies in their investments into U.S. companies.
• Negotiated and documented the sale of major hotel properties.
• Negotiated and concluded refinancings of hotel properties in various U.S states.
• Represented RadioShack Corporation in connection with the acquisition of real property for the construction of its new campus and disposition of its existing campus buildings. The transaction won the Dallas Business Journal "Deal of the Year" for the Year 2001.
• Representation of a company traded on the Singapore stock exchange in its set up of U.S. Operations.
• Representation of a construction project manager in connection with its renovation and development project in Southern California.
• Negotiated and closed the purchase of a $200,000,000 hotel in Manhattan, New York, on behalf of a major Japanese hotel chain.
• Represented a major U.S. REIT in its acquisition of a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico.
• Negotiated and documented joint venture transactions involving five hotels, all located in Asia.
• Represented major financial institutions in the negotiation and documentation of credit facilities secured by hotel assets.
• Represented a lending syndicate in connection with a $120,000,000 loan for the acquisition of a manufacturing facility in Indonesia.
• Negotiated and documented leases and real estate asset transfers in connection with the acquisition of a bankrupt airline company by a major U.S. air carrier.
• Represented hotel management companies and ownership groups in connection with negotiations and documentation of hotel management contracts and loans in Singapore, Australia, India, the PRC, Japan, and Cambodia.
• Advised a hotel ownership group on strategies relating to future investments and development projects, corporate governance issues, and other policy issues.
• Represented a major U.S. telephone company in connection with the establishment of 2,000,000 phone lines in Bangkok
• Negotiated and documented an $88,000,000 joint venture between L.A. County Redevelopment Agency and private developer.
• Represented Japan Airlines, Ltd. in its acquisition of DHL shares.
• Successful disposition of $170,000,000 hotel in Sydney, Australia, on behalf of a major hotel company and negotiation of management contract with new owner.
• Represented a major hotel company in connection with a $70,000,000 refinancing of a hotel in the Pacific Northwest.
• Represented a syndicate of lenders for a credit facility in excess of $200,000,000, collateralized by hotels in over nine states.

• Chinese (Mandarin)
• Japanese
• English

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Law Offices of San San Lee
1010 Sycamore Avenue, Suite 213 • South Pasadena, CA 91030
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