Lee A. Wilson
Biography
For over 25 years, Lee has been a business attorney enabling his clients to succeed, who have been anything from startups to Fortune 500s, with cutting-edge technology and business models, in industries such as software/SaaS, digital media networks and services, wireless communications and semiconductors. In addition to deep and broad experience with sophisticated global corporate, technology and commercial transactions, Lee has built and managed large in-house legal, purchasing and contracts teams, and has significant experience in corporate development, business development, operations and general management.
Prior to establishing Digital Coast Law in 2019, Lee was an executive for 14 years at Qualcomm, where he was VP/lead attorney for some of Qualcomm's biggest new business ventures. The first was MediaFLO, which launched a pay TV service consisting of pioneering mobile versions of leading cable and broadcast networks both directly to consumers, as well as through Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless, over its own nationwide broadcast network to mobile phones, hand-held TVs and automobile screens. The second big new business venture was Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, which developed ARM-based CPU semiconductors for servers in Mega Datacenters, and helped create a JV in China to license in technology and receive know-how in order to make products to sell in China. Lee was also VP/lead attorney for Qualcomm's Global Market Development organization, as well as its Qualcomm Labs subsidiary, which coordinated corporate business development efforts and incubated new businesses globally, including Qualcomm Health, Gimbal and LTE Broadcast.
Immediately prior to Qualcomm, for 5 years Lee was SVP, Business Affairs & General Counsel of iBlast, a consortium of the major TV broadcast station affiliate groups formed to monetize the broadcasters' digital TV spectrum, that raised several round of private investments and launched several novel services, and ultimately sold its assets to a publicly traded media company. Lee came to iBlast from a pioneering digital entertainment company start-up, where he was the SVP, Corporate Affairs, and oversaw numerous equity investments, an IPO filing, and many cutting edge technology transactions.
Prior to his 20+ year in-house career, Lee was a big law firm attorney for 5 years, the majority of which were at leading global law firm Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and practiced corporate finance/securities, M&A, entertainment and general corporate law.
Lee is a graduate of UCLA School of Law (JD), as well as of University of California, Berkeley (BA in History). Lee is admitted to practice law in California and Idaho, and is also a California-licensed real estate broker.
Lee can be reached at lee@digitalcoastlaw.com.
