Private Equity & Bankruptcy/Restructuring

We represent investment advisers, private equity firms and lenders with regard to their investments in media properties. We have been retained by creditors committees and in some cases trustees in bankruptcy to represent them in connection with the reorganization of media properties. The CMT Group has extensive experience in representing media company investors with regard to the Communications Act and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. We have provided complex and detailed analysis and advice with regard to the FCC's ownership attribution rules, cross-ownership rules and foreign ownership restrictions. We have over 30 years of experience with the FCC media rules and the various amendments of the rules and the Communications Act that have affected businesses regulated by the FCC.

Recently, we acted as regulatory counsel for a private equity investor in the proposed acquisition of a national cable programming network and for a committee of debt holders relating to regulatory issues involved in the pre-arranged financial restructuring of a major telecommunications company.

Representative Experience