
Corporate M&A
Private Equity
Nicolas Lee is a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, based in the Austin office. He specializes in advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on general corporate matters and complex business transactions. With a strong background in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, Nicolas has represented major clients such as Ares Infrastructure Opportunities and Blackstone. He holds a JD from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and an MS in Finance from Southern Methodist University. Nicolas's expertise in corporate law and his strategic approach to client needs make him a valuable asset to his firm.
Nicolas Lee's representative experience includes advising:

- Ares Infrastructure Opportunities strategy (Ares) acquired the target/assets from EDP Renovaveis, S.A. (EDPR) in a acquisition on not available. - Deal value was 2900000000 Sector: Energy; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available; lawyers included Rob Goodin, Daniel Cadis, Nicolas Lee, Lucy Li, Lauren Stelck, Munir Saadi, Rohit Chaudhry, Olivia George, William Nicholson, Seojin Park, Jessie Mann, Bill Dong, Griffin Peeples, Michael Masri, Drew Stuyvenberg, James Dolphin.
Oct 07 2025
3B
Private Equity

Partner
2025 – Unknown
Associate
2024 – 2025
Associate
2021 – 2024
Associate
2019 – 2021

- Blackstone Energy Transition Partners acquired the target/assets from Potomac Energy Center in a acquisition on not available. - Deal value was 4900000000 Sector: Energy; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, not available advised, led by Allan Kirk, Daniel Cadis, Nicolas Lee, Alexiz Magro-Malo, Tatiana Monastyrskaya, Greg Howling, Sharaf Islam, Mark Dundon, Jacob Walley.
Jan 27 2025
5B
Private Equity
1 min
JD, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
2019
MS in Finance, Southern Methodist University
2015
BA in Economics & Finance, University of Dallas
2014