Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP‘s corporate team works closely with a growing list of clients in the telecoms and broadcast sector. The practice advises on a full range of corporate transactions, from M&A to financings, as well as tax, strategic IP and ESG matters. It is active in sector-significant transactions, representing Echostar’s board of directors in the corporation’s merger with DISH Network. Based in New York, Robert Townsend III is co-head of the firm’s global M&A team and, beyond his focus on M&A, handles corporate governance matters and is recognized for his activism defense work in the telecoms and broadcast space.
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Key clients
- Airspan Networks
- Cable One
- Cincinnati Bell
- Consolidated Communications Special Committee
- Crown Castle
- EchoStar Special Committee
- Frontier Communications
- Qualcomm
- Radius Global
- Rogers Communications
- Route Mobile
Work highlights
- Representing the special committee of the board of directors of EchoStar in the approximately $6bn pending combination with DISH Network.
- Representing Consolidated Communications’ special committee in its pending $3.1bn acquisition by Searchlight and BCI.
- Represented Radius Global Infrastructure in its $3bn acquisition by EQT Active Core Infrastructure and PSP Investments.
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Robert I. Townsend III