Sarah J. Lee

How Sarah Helps Clients

Sarah’s practice focuses on both buy and sell-side asset and equity transactions. She also represents and advises clients with general corporate matters including entity formation, business restructuring, corporate reorganizations, private financings, and other corporate governance. As a member of the Firm’s Security Alarm Group, Sarah has deep expertise in state-level security alarm licensing and regularly counsels clients on complex regulatory issues unique to the security alarm industry.

Sarah represents domestic and international clients in a variety of industries, including technology, home services, transportation, manufacturing, security alarm, renewable energy, financial services, healthcare, and more.

Before returning to Pittsburgh to pursue a law degree, Sarah lived in Seoul, South Korea, where she taught English as a Second Language and in Paris, France. While in Paris, she earned a Master of the Arts in Global Communications at the American University of Paris and worked in marketing for a major U.S. fast food chain at a global advertising agency and a French SAAS startup incubator.

What Clients Can Expect

Sarah’s diverse experiences, combined with her background in marketing and experience in international entrepreneurship, enable her to provide a unique perspective that she brings to her practice every day

Outside the Office

When she’s not in the office, Sarah enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, doing yoga, and traveling. Sarah lives in the east end of Pittsburgh with her husband and her dog, Chuy.

Proof Points 

• Represented a private equity-backed home services provider in 15+ middle-market, buy-side transactions with enterprise values ranging from $3M to $90M, including as a stalking horse buyer in a Section 363 sale under the Bankruptcy Code.

• Represented a Florida-based transportation business in multiple buy-side transactions with enterprise values ranging from to $7M to $24M.
• Represented both buy and sell-side security alarm and PERS clients in M&A transactions ranging from $1M to $129M, various bank financing transactions, and ongoing compliance matters.
• Represented a clinical stage biotechnology company in its initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, subsequent offerings and general corporate and securities matters.
• Represented investment advisory firm in sale to Pittsburgh-based institutional investment management firm based in Pittsburgh, PA with over $8.6 billion under management
• Represented a wide variety of companies in their acquisitions by private equity firms, including in the fields of metal finishing/industrial coating, traffic control, signage, wire rope and rigging, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and construction.
• Represented US-based companies in multiple corporate reorganizations, mergers, and new entity formation matters.