A cross-practice team of attorneys advised DISH Network Corporation (DISH), one of the nation’s largest pay-TV providers with over 14 million customers across the U.S., on its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of video-rental merchant Blockbuster, Inc. (Blockbuster). The deal was a bankruptcy court approved auction and sale under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The acquisition represents a strategic expansion for DISH in the video streaming and on-demand businesses, giving DISH the opportunity to reach new customers. In addition, through those Blockbuster stores that remain open, DISH will gain a brick-and-mortar presence for the first time.
The deal required cross-practice work across the New York Competition, Corporate, Bankruptcy, Employee Benefits, Litigation and Tax teams, supported by the Brussels Competition team.
The team included New York partners Dan Dufner, Bindu Culas, Marty Flics, Paul Hessler and Jeff Schmidt; Brussels managing associate Annamaria Mangiaracina, New York associates Francisco Duque, Antonia Sherman, Kimberly Evans, Colin Greenspon, Michael Deyong, Victoria Rosamond, Edward Rasp, Brian Allen, Andrew Cohn, Dylan Letrich, Helder Agostinho, Ed Tinsley, Meredith Waters, Demetra Karamanos, Lillian Kim, Phillip Lee and Laurén Rauch; and Brussels associate Rosario Maria Rende Granata.
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Diane Bordt at +1 212 830 9527
