Jenny Lee

Since joining Kirkland, Jenny has worked on the following matters:

• Constellation Brands, in the March 2023 unanimous jury verdict after a two-week trial in a breach of contract and trademark infringement lawsuit in New York federal court relating to Corona Hard Seltzer and Modelo Ranch Water arising from a license agreement between Constellation and Modelo, an Anheuser-Busch InBev company. The team was able to persuade the jury that hard seltzer is beer under the applicable contract. The trial team was recognized as runners-up in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” column for its victory. In March 2024, the Second Circuit affirmed the judgment in full.
• EQT Corporation, and certain of its officers and directors, defending in a consolidated putative securities class action, related individual securities fraud lawsuits, and shareholder derivative actions filed in Pennsylvania federal and state courts, arising out of EQT’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Rice Energy.
• Compass, the nation’s largest independent real estate brokerage, defended lawsuit brought by an individual claiming to be a Compass founder and seeking $200M+ in founders’ equity.
• United Airlines, advised in connection with its $6.8 billion financing comprising of $3.8 billion of bonds and $3 billion of term loans secured by the airline’s MileagePlus loyalty program.
• JELD-WEN and certain executives, defended in purported securities class action litigation filed in Virginia federal court arising from price-fixing allegations and related lawsuits. Favorable settlement achieved in 2021.
• Amcor Ltd. and Bemis Co., defended and won dismissal with prejudice of class action litigation filed in New York federal court arising from Amcor’s $6.8 billion acquisition of Bemis. Related Missouri state court litigation dismissed.
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taubman Centers, represented in “material adverse change” litigation related to the attempted termination by Simon Property Group of its $9.8 billion Taubman acquisition. The case settled on the eve of trial in 2020 with the deal closing.
• United Airlines, defended in a billion-dollar antitrust lawsuit brought by DHL alleging that United conspired with other airlines to fix surcharge prices in the global air cargo industry. Successfully resolved for a cash payment of less than two percent of DHL’s claimed damages.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jenny was involved in the following matters:

• Represented an industrial goods and metal fabrication company in federal securities litigation in the District of Oregon arising out of the company’s acquisition.
• Represented a cable company in antitrust litigation relating to the acquisition of the company by a telecommunications company in the District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Represented a semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company in Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission relating to alleged patent infringements of a brand baseband processor modem.
• Represented a bank in purported class action litigation in the Southern District of New York relating to an alleged conspiracy to manipulate the Australian bank bill swap rate.
• Represented a healthcare and pharmaceuticals company and certain individuals in shareholder derivative litigation in the Northern District of Illinois.