Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE:TDS], the parent company of TDS Telecommunications Corp., has announced an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Baja Broadband for a purchase price of $267.5 million. Edwards Wildman advised Baja Broadband in the transaction. This acquisition will support TDS Telecom’s broadband and video growth strategy. Baja Broadband is a full-service telecommunications company that provides high-speed broadband and voice services to residential and commercial customers in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. The deal team was led by Jeff Hardin, a partner in Edwards Wildman’s Business Law Department in Washington, DC, and Bob Baute and Devin Fargnoli, associates in the firm’s Providence office.
Edwards Wildman advised on this acquisition on the heels of the firm’s recently launched Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice Group. Comprised of approximately 150 attorneys worldwide, Edwards Wildman’s TMT Practice Group is a multi-disciplinary group that advises clients on a wide spectrum of TMT matters. The firm’s market-leading lawyers offer a broad and deep knowledge in a wide range of practice areas, including private equity and venture capital; privacy and data protection; intellectual property; media and technology licensing and transactions; mergers and acquisitions; debt financings; communications and regulatory (including FCC) matters; insurance and reinsurance; and litigation, including antitrust/competition law.
