Winnie Lee Fraser Email & Phone Number

United States

Winnie Lee Fraser is Proskauer’s Chief Legal & Strategic Operations Officer. She began her Proskauer career as a transactional lawyer with broad-based experience in mergers and acquisitions. Winnie now serves as a business services leader, supporting the Chairman, Managing Partner, General Counsel and other members of senior management in the execution of business priorities, strategic initiatives and high-value legal operational matters. Winnie has made her entire legal career at Proskauer, joining as a summer associate in 2004, and as a corporate associate in 2005 after she graduated law school and business school with a JD/MBA. After nearly a decade of practicing law, Winnie assumed the roles of Corporate Department Legal Director and then Corporate Legal Operations Officer, managing all aspects of the corporate business unit that at the time consisted of 375+ attorneys across 10 offices, including with respect to strategy, operations, practice management, training, recruiting, resource management, promotions and compensation. As Chief Legal & Strategic Operations Officer, Winnie continues to focus on Firm matters that require both legal and business analyses.During her tenure at Proskauer, Winnie served on numerous Firmwide committees, including the Diversity Steering Committee, Hiring Committee and Summer Associate Committee. Winnie was also formerly chair of the Asian Lawyer Affinity Group and a member of the Associate Council.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Responsibilities included the advancement and growth of the Firm by directing special projects and overseeing the Firm’s lateral partner recruiting program.

New York

New York, New York

Represented financial and strategic acquirors and sellers in M&A, joint venture, restructuring and recapitalization transactions. Advised on a wide range of general business law matters, including day-to-day contractual and corporate governance matters.Represented:Malkin Holdings in the consolidation of properties that included the Empire State Building, and the subsequent IPO of the consolidated company, Empire State Realty Trust Bowlmor AMF in its acquisition of the bowling center business from Brunswick CorporationYonkers Racing Corporation in its joint venture with Alain Ducasse to open flagship restaurant in Empire City Casino Passlogix in its sale to Oracle InterContinental Hotels in in its acquisition of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times SquareKaplan in the sale of its compliance and training solutions businessDiscovery Communications in talent acquisition

New York, New York

New York, New York

Co-authored three articles published in the New York Law Journal including: "Death of a Shareholder" (January 7, 2004), "Another Look at the Warranty of Habitability" (March 3, 2004) and "Applying Sarbanes-Oxley" (November 5, 2004).

New York, New York

New York, New York

J.D., Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Law Review, Executive Board Editor. Asian American Law Students Association, President. Student Bar Association.

M.B.A.

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, International Trade & Marketing

Recipient of F.I.T. Presidential Honors Scholarship, Bergdorf Goodman Scholarship and United Federation of Teachers Scholarship (100%.