Lee Equity Partners, LLC (New York)


Lee Equity Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.99 billion of regulatory assets for 20 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Lee Equity Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Lee Equity Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Lee Equity Partners, LLC is $1.99 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 113% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $1.82 billion in discretionary accounts and $163.9 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $95.92 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $163.9 million.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Lee Equity Partners, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Lee Equity Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Lee Equity Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 20 clients and $1.99 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Lee Equity Partners has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.99 billion for 20 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Lee Equity Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, twenty private equity funds.

Careers at Lee Equity Partners, LLC

The company employs 26 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 73 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Yoo Jin Kim Managing member 1 Sep 2005 Other 6016029
Benjamin Alexis Hochberg Managing member 1 May 2006 Other 6016028
Benjamin Hochberg Partner 1 May 2006 Other 6016028
Thomas Haskell Lee Managing member 1 Aug 2006 75% - 100% 305494
Joseph Bernard Rotberg Managing member, chief compliance officer, chief financial officer 1 Aug 2006 Other 5455617
David Joseph Morrison Managing member 1 Sep 2006 Other 6016037
David Morrison Partner 1 Sep 2006 Other 6016037
Mark Kevin Gormley Managing manager 1 Jan 2007 Other 718402
Richard Paul Walsh Partner 1 Jan 2011 Other 1826371
Douglas Schreiber Partner 1 Jan 2011 Other 6016024
Caitlyn Ann Macdonald Elected manager 1 Oct 2015 Other 6629190

Based in New York

The principal office where Lee Equity Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 650 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-906-4900 or by fax 212-702-3787. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at leeequity.com/.