Complemented by the firm’s dedicated technology and IP transactions practice, the telecoms and broadcast transactional team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP draws on interdisciplinary expertise to advise clients involved in all aspects of the telecoms industry. The group advises telecoms companies and investors on M&A, spin-offs and restructurings, working closely with the firm’s M&A and private equity, banking and finance and capital markets teams. Michael Aiello heads the firm’s corporate department from New York, offering advice on high-value transactions to broadcasters, media companies and a range of other telecoms clients. Also based in New York, co-head of the US real assets practice Brian Gingold applies his corporate expertise, including experience in M&A, joint ventures, investments and recapitalizations, to the telecoms and broadcast sector.

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Key clients

  • Advent International
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Bain Capital
  • Earthlink
  • Endurance Parent, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • The Kantar Group Limited
  • Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
  • Nielsen Consumer LLC (d/b/a NielsenIQ)
  • Parallel Infrastructure LLC
  • Trive Capital Management LLC
  • Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised Advent International on its acquisition of Maxar Technologies Inc. and Nielsen Consumer LLC, in an approximately $1.65bn senior secured term and revolving facility to finance the acquisition of GfK SE and in a $475m senior secured term and in an $120m incremental secured revolving facility.
  • Advising Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company Parallel Infrastructure LLC on Parallel Infrastructure’s sale to Harmoni Towers.
  • Advised Morgan Stanley on its $500m senior secured revolving facility for Outfront Media Capital LLC.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Michael Aiello

Other key lawyers

Brian Gingold