George T. Lee III
Ph: 214-377-4852
has over 20 years of experience representing leading hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and public and private corporations. Prior to co-founding Lee & Stone, Mr. Lee served as General Counsel of Greenway Capital, a Texas registered investment adviser. At Greenway, Mr. Lee oversaw and advised on all legal and compliance matters, including fund formation, marketing, ’34 Act filings (including Forms 13-F, 13-D, and Section 16), proxy contests, PIPE transactions, Rule 144 sales of restricted securities, offshore administration, custody and prime brokerage. Immediately prior to serving as General Counsel to Greenway, Mr. Lee maintained a private practice based in Dallas and Houston, Texas representing select clients, which ranged from start-up investment funds to publicly traded Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, Mr. Lee worked in New York, Dallas and Houston for the international law firms of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae (now Dewey and LeBoeuf), Akin, Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld and Baker Botts representing hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and public corporations in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and regulatory compliance, including Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
Mr. Lee graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987, and received his BA in 1983 from Carleton College. Mr. Lee is a member of the Texas and New York bars, including the College of the State Bar of Texas and is active in the Dallas Bar Association Securities Section. Mr. Lee is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Mr. Lee is a fourth generation Dallasite, and serves on the board of the Winnetka Heights Neighborhood Association. Mr. Lee has one daugther, who currently attends Yale College.
Evan D. Stone
Ph: 214-377-4851
has represented hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and public and private corporations on a wide range of highly sophisticated corporate and securities matters. Prior to co-founding Lee & Stone in 2009, Mr. Stone served as inside General Counsel for prominent Dallas-based control and activist investment manager, Newcastle Capital Management. At Newcastle, where Mr. Stone continues to serve as outside General Counsel, Mr. Stone has overseen and advised on all legal matters for the adviser and its affiliated investment funds and companies, including control transactions, proxy contests, complex financings, corporate governance matters, ‘34 Act filings and fund formation and marketing activities. Prior to joining Newcastle in 2006, Mr. Stone worked at the international law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. At Skadden, Mr. Stone represented leading private equity funds and Fortune 500 companies on mergers and acquisitions and securities matters, advising on a host of highly innovative transactions, and trained under the foremost practitioners in the field. Mr. Stone’s background and perspective is augmented by investment banking experience for Merrill Lynch & Co, where Mr. Stone advised public companies, private equity funds and venture capital funds on equity and debt financings and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Stone graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in 1997 and received his BA, Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard College in 1993. He graduated at the top of his class from Philips Academy at Andover. Mr. Stone is a member of the Texas and New York bars. Mr. Stone and his wife Robin live in Dallas with their three young children.
Associates
Darryl Cleveland
Ph: 214-377-4853
has represented a variety of businesses and investment managers on a broad range of transactions. Prior to Lee & Stone, Mr. Cleveland ran his own law practice and previously worked at boutique firms and the federal government. In addition to transactional and corporate work, Mr. Cleveland’s experience includes real estate and litigation.
Mr. Cleveland graduated from The University of Texas School of Law in 2004 where he was a member of the Texas International Law Journal. He received his BS from the Honors College at the University of Houston in 2001. Mr. Cleveland is a member of the Texas Bar and lives in the Dallas area.