Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
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Latham & Watkins LLP
Elizabeth Park advises communications, information technology, and media companies in highly technical transactional and regulatory matters. Ms. Park combines her sophisticated understanding of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (Team Telecom) processes with commercial pragmatism to advise on matters involving: Foreign ownership issues Satellite communications Wireless and wireline telecommunications Internet services Multichannel video services Broadcast television and radio Non-communications companies’ investment in or use of telecommunications in their business operations Device manufacturers and technology developers She helps clients secure transaction approvals in mergers and acquisitions, structure private equity investments and other financing transactions to meet regulatory requirements, and negotiate a variety of technology and content agreements. In the regulatory arena, Ms. Park guides clients on regulatory policy issues and FCC and other government agency procedures. She has represented clients in a wide range of adjudicatory and rulemaking proceedings before the FCC. A recognized leader in her field, Ms. Park is Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Transactional Committee and regularly speaks on communications regulatory issues at industry events. She has also served on the firm’s Legal Professional and Paralegal Committee. Ms. Park serves on the Children’s Law Center’s Advisory Board.
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Hall of fameDLA Piper LLP (US)
Partner; Co-Chair, US Telecom Practice; Co-Chair, Global Telecom Regulatory Practice
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Robert I. Townsend, III is the Head of Cravath’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice for North America. His practice focuses primarily on all types of M&A transactions, corporate governance matters and activist defense. Mr. Townsend’s clients have included AmerisourceBergen, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Brink’s, Brunswick, Cable One, Canadian National Railway, Cincinnati Bell, City Brewing, Conduent, DiaSorin, Frontier Communications, J.D. Power, Johnson & Johnson, MacAndrews & Forbes, Martin Marietta, Nestlé, Olin, OUTFRONT Media, Pinnacle Foods, Quest Diagnostics, Scientific Games, Stanley Black & Decker, Univision and US Foods.
Hall of fameDLA Piper LLP (US)
Partner; Co-Chair, US Telecom Practice; Co-Chair, Global Telecom Regulatory Practice