Denny Lee

Denny Lee is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice, based in Houston. He advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors, financial advisors and boards on U.S. and cross-border transactions, including M&A, spinoffs and carve-outs, joint ventures and take-privates, as well as corporate finance matters. His practice spans the energy and infrastructure industry, including oil and gas, renewables, power and logistics. He also advises public companies on SEC reporting, corporate governance and shareholder activism.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Magellan Midstream Partners on its $18.8 billion merger with ONEOK, Inc.
• Enerplus Corporation on its $11 billion merger with Chord Energy
• Chesapeake Energy on its $7.4 billion acquisition of Southwestern Energy
• SLB on its $7 billion acquisition of ChampionX Corporation
• Hess Infrastructure Partners on its $6.2 billion acquisition by Hess Midstream Partners LP and subsequent conversion of the combined entity into an Up-C organizational structure
• QEP Resources on its $2.2 billion merger with Diamondback Energy

  Archrock on its $983 million acquisition of Total Operations and Production Services

• Quanta Services on its $2.7 billion acquisition of Blattner Energy, a renewable energy infrastructure solutions company
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings on its take-private by N Logistics Holdings
• Priority Power, an Ara Partners portfolio company providing turnkey energy management services, in its acquisition by I Squared Capital
• Sasol on its $2 billion sale of a 50% stake in Lake Charles Chemical Plant to form a joint venture with LyondellBasell, a multinational chemical company
• TechnipFMC, a global oilfield services company, on the sale of its measurement solutions business to One Equity Partners
• ArcLight Capital Partners on its $857 million acquisition of a 25% interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline from Targa Resources
• A consortium investor on over $1 billion in preferred equity financing for Blue Source Sustainable Forests Co. (BSFC) and BSFC’s acquisition of 1.7 million acres of timberland, representing one of the largest private conservation-focused forest investments in U.S. history
• Brookfield Renewable on its joint venture with California Resources Corporation, creating a carbon management partnership focused on carbon capture and sequestration development
• Chevron on its joint venture with Microsoft, Schlumberger, and Clean Energy for a bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration project designed to produce carbon-negative power in Mendota, California

Prior to his legal career, Denny worked at a leading global investment bank, covering clients across the Asia-Pacific region and at a global private equity firm.

Denny received his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2016. He received his B.B.A. and B.E. from Yonsei University in 2006. He is admitted to practice in Texas.