Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is well positioned to advise clints in the broadcast and telecom sector on corporate transactions such as M&As and financings. The New York team is spearheaded by Robert Townsend III , an expert in M&A transactions as well as corporate governance. He has a wealth of experience advising clients within the telecom sector on sales, acquisitions, and complex agreements. G.J. Ligelis Jr. is noted for his work on cross-border transactions for telecoms companies. The practice boasts significant corporate and capital markets expertise, regularly handling multi-billion-dollar transactions for the telecom and broadcast industries.
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Key clients
- altafiber
- Cable One
- Consolidated Communications
- Frontier
- Outbrain
- Paramount
- Qualcomm
- Rogers Communications
- UScellular
- Various Financial Institutions
Work highlights
Represented Frontier Communications in its pending $20bn acquisition by Verizon.
Represented UScellular’s independent directors in the $4.4bn sale of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile.
Represented the special committee of the board of directors of Paramount Global in connection with Paramount’s $28bn merger with Skydance Media.
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Practice head
Robert Townsend III
Other key lawyers
G.J. Ligelis Jr.