For more than 50 years, Sherman & Howard has been providing comprehensive counsel to cable television, internet, telecommunications, media, and publishing clients. We’ve advised on everything from entity formation and finance through intellectual property protection, mergers and acquisitions, technology transactions, securities law issues, operational and governance matters, and employment and employee benefits issues.

Our lawyers have closed hundreds of transactions for telecommunications and media clients worldwide, representing several of the industry’s largest companies in North America. We bring depth and breadth of experience in negotiating mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; handling labor negotiations; and litigating disputes involving nearly every type of claim. Further, we bring an insider’s perspective and firsthand experience as former industry executives and in-house counsel. Our team includes a former general counsel of United Artists, TCI, and AT&T Broadband who previously served as the chairman of the board of General Communication, Inc.; a former Senior VP at AT&T Broadband; a former satellite engineer at Boeing; a team member who orchestrated and managed the mergers and acquisitions activity for a top-five MSO; and a Publishers Association of the West Hall of Fame recipient. In these roles, we developed unrivaled insight. We have contacts at many of the major industry participants and frequently work with all levels, from the corporate boardrooms of the largest companies down to the smallest systems.

We represent a diverse clientele that includes traditional and new media companies, telecommunications businesses, including FCC-licensed wireless carriers, network infrastructure and equipment suppliers, investors, property owners, and public utilities, as well as publishers, content-based marketing companies, cable TV and internet companies, and service providers. Applying our broad-based experience and leveraging worldwide contacts and deep understanding of the industry landscapes, we’ve helped our clients identify opportunities, manage risk, build their businesses, and improve their market position.