Anthony Lee

Anthony is a corporate finance and commercial lawyer in the firm’s London office.  At the start of his career, Anthony specialised in commercial real estate work together with commercial and insolvency litigation.  Reported cases in which he was involved in include:

• National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Limited 1980 (HL) Frustration of leases;
• British Airways PLC v Customs & Excise Commissioners 1990 (CA) VAT and composite supplies;
• Infolink Limited v Data Protection Registrar 1991 (Data Protection Tribunal) Fair processing by a credit reference agency under the Data Protection Act 1984;
• Lladro Commercial 2003 Resale price maintenance investigation by the OFT.

He now advises corporate clients and entrepreneurs in various sectors on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions; private equity investments; insolvency and partnership.

Anthony's recent experience includes:

• advising on the disposals of several corporate SPVs which own commercial buildings in the City of London and elsewhere;
• restructuring of a restaurant group and advising on a private equity investment into the group;
• advising on a private equity investment into a university spin out tech company;
• advising shareholders on unfair prejudice claims and implementing the resolution to the disputes.

Anthony qualified in 1979 and joined DAC Beachcroft in 2011.