Mergers & Acquisitions

We represent public companies and private firms in negotiated acquisitions and dispositions, exchanges of assets, and competitive auctions. We have represented:

T-Mobile USA, Inc. (formerly VoiceStream Wireless Corporation) in its acquisition of Omnipoint Communications for $6.2 billion, its acquisition of Aerial Communications for $6.3 billion, and its acquisition by Deutsche Telekom, a transaction valued at $50.7 billion when it was announced.

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. in its acquisition of TeleCorp PCS, Inc., a transaction valued at $4.7 billion when it was announced, and in numerous other acquisitions and exchanges of carriers, markets, and licenses, including transactions with United States Cellular, Dobson Communications, Cingular Wireless, and Sprint.
Western Wireless Corporation in its spin-off of Voice Stream Corporation (now T-Mobile USA, Inc.) as a separate subsidiary and the recent merger of Western Wireless into Alltel, a $6.5 billion transaction.

Western Wireless International Corporation in the sale of its 19% interest in a Croatian wireless operator, and the sale of its 57.3% interest in an Icelandic wireless operator.
Alltel and its subsidiary, Western Wireless International Corporation, in the sale of Tele.ring, an Austrian cellular telephone company operator, to Deutsche Telekom for a purchase price in excess of $1.5 billion and its sale of Meteor, an Irish cellular telephone operator, for a purchase price of approximately of $500 million.

Veronis Suhler Stevenson, LLC, a merchant bank and private equity fund, and its affiliate GoldenState Towers, LLC in a series of communications tower acquisitions.

Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc., a developer of sports wagering software, in the acquisition of its former exclusive U.K. licensee.

A private equity firm in its acquisition of a cosmetics and skin care business.

A seafood distributor in the sale of its assets to a foreign conglomerate.

A publishing company in the sale of its business to a strategic buyer.

A logistics company in the disposition of its warehouse operations.