North America - United States • Media, technology and telecoms

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Telecoms and broadcast: transactions

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

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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.

Lawyers

Leading lawyers

Robert Townsend III

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.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robert I. Townsend III

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