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Education and Honors
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J.D. ( cum laude), Georgetown University Law Center, 1988 Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer
B.A. (with distinction), political science, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1985
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009 - 2010
Named 'Client Service All-Star' in BTI's 2010 Client Service Survey
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Admissions and Affiliations
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New York State Bar
AHRC Business Advisory Board
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Practice Areas
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Concentration Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities law compliance, corporate governance and general corporate matters, with a focus in the media, chemical and technology industries
Summary Lee D. Charles is partner in charge of the New York office of Baker Botts. He has devoted more than 20 years to representing publicly held and privately owned companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital-raising activities, both in the United States and internationally.
Mr. Charles represents numerous industry leaders as well as emerging companies in a variety of industries, including cable television; chemical; industrial products; media and communications; sports and entertainment; and technology.
In addition to his transactional work, Mr. Charles regularly counsels public companies and their directors, officers and board committees in connection with a wide variety of matters, including compliance with federal securities laws, corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and executive employment arrangements. He has advised special committees and corporate boards in several "going private" and other transactions involving control shareholders.
Representative Engagements Mediacom Communications Corporation
- $180 million exchange of assets and cash in a transaction structured as a "cash-rich split-off"
- $350 million Rule 144A private offering of senior notes and simultaneous tender offer to repurchase $625 million of outstanding senior notes
Red Man Pipe & Supply Company
- Combination with McJunkin Corporation
Liberty Media Corporation
- Acquisition of Provide Commerce, Inc.
- Acquisition of Liberty Digital, Inc.
- Acquisition of a controlling interest in Home Shopping Network, Inc., through a private stock purchase and partial tender offer
- Acquisition of Ascent Entertainment Group, Inc.
- Formation of a strategic partnership with Barry Diller and Comcast Corporation with respect to their controlling interest in QVC
- Investments in Emmis Communications, Inc. and Alloy, Inc.
Akzo Nobel, N.V.
- Acquisition of Chemcraft International, Inc.
- Sale of joint venture interest in Flexsys, N.V., a manufacturer and supplier of rubber processing chemicals
- Sale of organophosphorus chemical division
- Acquisition of Covance Biotechnology Services, Inc.
- Acquisition of the marine and aerospace coatings business of U.S. Paint Corporation
- Acquisition of the U.S., Chinese and Korean powder coatings business of Ferro Corporation
- Acquisition of coatings business of Dexter Corporation
YankeeNets, LLC
- Formation of the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network and sale of a significant stake to Goldman Sachs
NBA Houston Rockets
- Formation of a regional sports television network
- Licensing of media rights of Rockets and Astros to Fox Sports
OpenTV Corp.
- Acquisitions of Wink Communications, Inc., ACTV, Inc., BettingCorp Ltd. and CAM Systems LLC
Discovery Communications, Inc.
- Acquisitions of The Learning Channel, Inc. and Network USA, Inc.
TVG Network
- Investment in Youbet.com, Inc.
- Licensing arrangements with Churchill Downs Incorporated
- Joint bid with the New York Racing Association to acquire the assets of New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation
Tele-Communications, Inc.
- Acquisition of substantially all of Viacom Inc.'s cable television systems
- Acquisition of RequestTV, a pay-per-view provider
- Acquisition of Kearns-Tribune Corporation, the publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune
- Restructuring of its investment in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Acquisition of United Artists Entertainment, Inc.
Publications, Speeches and Presentations Publications
- "Interactive TV Growing More Complex," New York Law Journal's Silicon Alley Supplement, Business and Legal Considerations Involving Interactive Television, March 2001 (Frederick H. "Buzz" McGrath, co-author)
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