Lee E. Potts
Top rated Mergers & Acquisitions attorney in Austin, Texas
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt, PLLC
Practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, Technology Transactions
Licensed in Texas since: 1999
Education: The University of Texas School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2009 Call today:
512-661-2855
Potts Blacklock Senterfitt, PLLC
4800 Bee Caves Rd.Suite 2500
Austin, TX 78746 Visit website
Lee helps clients navigate complex transactions and day-to-day business challenges with practical, business-minded advice. He advises on mergers and acquisitions and a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including private equity and venture financings, debt and lending transactions, and sophisticated commercial agreements. He regularly works with startups and closely held companies, serving as trusted outside general counsel and guiding clients through growth, capital raises, transactions, and ongoing operations.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lee partners with clients across diverse industries on matters ranging from routine corporate needs to highly complex, high-stake transactions. His work includes structuring and negotiating M&A deals, advising on capital formation strategies, supporting lending and financing arrangements, and drafting and negotiating key commercial contracts—all with a focus on helping clients achieve their business objectives efficiently and strategically.
Before joining the firm, Lee cofounded a boutique law firm and spent more than a decade at a national practice, where he built a reputation for delivering responsive, commercially focused counsel on corporate, transactional, and securities matters.
Practice areas
Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, Technology Transactions- 80% Mergers & Acquisitions
- 10% Securities & Corporate Finance
- 10% Technology Transactions
First Admitted: 1999, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.michaelbest.com/people/lee-e-potts/
Bar / Professional Activity
- State of Texas
- Austin Bar Foundation Fellow
- Member, Texas Bar College
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant, State of Texas
Pro bono / Community Service
- Westlake Chamber of Commerce, Board member 2019-2021
- Leadership Austin, Class of 2011 and former Board member
- Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid – L.A.M.P. Volunteer
- Leadership Austin, Board of Directors 2014-2016
- The Seton 50, Founder
- Austin Bar Foundation Fellow
- CASA of Travis County, Finance Chair, 2012 Past President and Executive Committee
- Leadership Westlake Class of 2018
Educational Background
- The University of Texas at Austin Red McCombs School of Business, B.B.A., Major: Accounting, Honors: w/ honors, 1993
- The University of Texas at Austin Red McCombs School of Business, M.P.A., Major: Taxation, Honor: Dean’s Achievement Award, 1993
Honors
- Austin Monthly Top Attorneys: Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Austin Monthly Magazine, 2022
- The Texas Bar College is a professional society of legal scholars who are leaders in the Texas legal community and champions of legal education. Our members are committed to high ethical standards and improved training for all legal professionals. , Texas Bar College Member, Texas Bar, 2021
- Essential Class, Leadership Austin, 2012
- Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly, 2009
- RISE Conference 2011, Quick Pitch Competition Panelist
- Austin Under 40 - Finalist Legal Category, 2010
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Lee is an outstanding transactional lawyer. I have referred many of my clients to him for their transactional needs, and they have all given rave reviews about his counsel and results.”
“Lee is an outstanding corporate and nonprofit lawyer who handles complex business formation, reorganization and mergers/acquisitions, in all types of industries. He is one of the top lawyers in Austin, surpassing large, national firm firm lawyers in Austin, concerning public and private offerings, structure and analysis of corporate transactions and governance matters.”
“Lee has an ability to explain complex legal issues to his clients to enable them to make the best decision for their business.”
“I have had the pleasure of working with and learning from Lee Potts on and off for the last ten years. Lee is skilled at negotiating the best outcome for his clients while navigating them through complex transactions and constructing creative solutions to their legal issues. However, what sets Lee apart is his knack for clearly explaining complicated concepts to his clients and his ever-calm composure, even in the most stressful of situations. It is these qualities – natural ability to teach, calm composure, quiet confidence, positivity and passion and enthusiasm in everything he does, especially for helping others - that I believe distinguish Lee as a leader and inspire a unique trust and loyalty from his clients and colleagues in the legal community.”
“Lee is my go-to referral for difficult corporate and securities, corporate finance, and M&A work. I have gotten the chance to observe him in action, negotiating particularly difficult deal points, and indisputably he's one of the best in Austin and Texas. He keeps up to date in M&A developments so I know he's always current.”
“Outstanding, tough, tactful negotiator. Able to spot issues thoroughly and efficiently. Would hate to be on the opposite site of him.”
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2009
