Zhu Julie Lee
Partner

Z. Julie Lee is a partner in the Milwaukee office of Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the Tax & Employee Benefits and International Practices and the Automotive and Energy Industry Teams.As part of the International Practice, Ms. Lee has extensive experience representing clients with their cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on China. She counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and commercial transactions such as supply agreements, licensing arrangements, distributorship agreements, cross-border technology transfer and practical ways to protect intellectual property transferred to a foreign country. She frequently speaks on these topics. She was quoted or featured in a number of legal and business publications about doing business in China, including the Wall Street Journal and the M&A Journal. In addition, Ms. Lee continues her specialty practice of tax and business law relating to the formation, operation, termination and reorganization of corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships in the U.S. She represents taxpayers in administrative and judicial disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue on income tax, sales/use tax and property tax matters. She has also done a significant amount of international tax work, including assisting U.S. clients to structure acquisitions and reorganizations outside the U.S., advising U.S. clients on tax consequences of employing foreign individuals, structuring foreign clients' investments in, and acquisitions/dispositions of, U.S. businesses and real estate, and advising foreign clients on U.S. estate tax matters. Since 2000, she has co-authored the Tax Section of the Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law, published by the Wisconsin Bar Association. Ms. Lee was named to the 2006 and 2007 lists of Wisconsin Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Law & Politics Media, Inc. for her international work. She is a recipient of The Milwaukee Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award. Ms. Lee received her undergraduate degree from Beijing University in 1991. She joined Foley & Lardner after receiving her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1998. During law school, Ms. Lee served as co-president of the Northwestern International Law Society, co-founded the Northwestern Small Business Legal Clinic, and was an articles editor of the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. Ms. Lee is a member of the Governor's Wisconsin International Trade Council and also a member of the Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce's China Council. She served as chair of the Milwaukee Bar Association's Tax Section in 2000-2001 and was on the board of directors of the Red Bus Corporation from 2000 through 2004. Ms. Lee is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.
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