Dow Lohnes’s extensive business transactions and corporate practice offers “one-stop shopping” for legal services covering a broad range of mergers and acquisitions, private and public securities offerings, loan and financing transactions, joint ventures and venture capital investments. The firm’s business transactions and corporate attorneys have a depth of experience in the industries in which we specialize that sets us apart from other law firms, and we believe no other firm has handled the number of purchases and sales of traditional media properties that Dow Lohnes has. We serve a diverse nationwide clientele comprised of major media, communications, entertainment and information technology companies, postsecondary education companies, leading investment banks, underwriters, venture capital firms and lending institutions.
Recent examples of our Business Transactions & Corporate practice include the following:
- We represented Insight Communications, a major cable operator, and its shareholders in connection with the company's agreement to sell the company to Time Warner Cable for $3.0 billion.
- We represented Insight Communications, a major cable operator, in connection with its $400 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
- We represented Cox Enterprises and its AutoTrader.com subsidiary in connection with its acquisition of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. (the largest new and used car valuation company in the United States), its acquisition of vAuto, Inc. (a leading provider of advanced software tools for used vehicle management, pricing and inventory optimization), its acquisition of the business of HomeNet Automotive (a leading provider of online inventory management and merchandising solutions for auto dealers), Providence Equity Partner’s acquisition of a 25-percent equity interest in AutoTrader.com., a redemption of shares by AutoTrader.com, and the refinancing of its prior credit facility with a new $950 million senior secured credit facility in connection with its acquisitions of Kelley Blue Book and vAuto.
- We represented Insight Communications in connection with the purchase of a significant equity position in the company by an investor group led by Crestview Partners and MidOcean Partners and in connection with the company’s offer to purchase certain shares from its existing stockholders.
- We represented Cox Communications in connection with the creation and financing of a leveraged joint venture partnership between Cox and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. to operate the Travel Channel. Cox contributed the Travel Channel to the partnership, and Scripps Network Interactive contributed cash to the partnership. We previously represented Cox Communications in connection with the exchange of Cox’s 25% interest in Discovery Communications for the stock of Travel Media, Inc., the company that owns Travel Channel and TravelChannel.com.
- We represented Hasbro, Inc. in connection with its formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Discovery Communications to form a children’s and family cable television network in the U.S. and on related agreements.
- We represented Harpo, Inc. and Oprah Winfrey in connection with the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Discovery Communications to form a cable television network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, and on related agreements.
- We represented one of the two final bidders for the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise, Wrigley Field and an interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago, in connection with the club’s media and other intellectual property rights.