Charles Engros counsels clients onmergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, financings, and other transactions. The global leader of the firm’s corporate, finance and investment management practice, Charlie advises many non-US companies on acquisitions, financings, and securities law compliance in the United States and other cross-border matters.
Recognized by Chambers and The Legal 500 for his service to clients, Charlie often writes and speaks about financings and foreign investment in the United States, as well as trends in the M&A legal arena and the media industry. While he focuses to a large extent on serving media, technology, and information services industry clients, he also represents consumer products and industrial companies, and securities industry professionals.
selected representations
Dr Pepper Snapple Group in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Bai Beverages
UBM plc in the $841 million sale of PR Newswire
UBM plc in its purchase of Business Journals, Inc.
UBM plc in its $972 million acquisition of Advanstar
Sandvik in its $740 million acquisition of Varel International
Pearson plc in the formation of a joint venture between its Penguin subsidiary and Bertelsmann's Random House to form the world's largest consumer publisher
Pearson it its $650 million acquisition of Embanet Companies
Reed Elsevier in its sale of Variety to Penske Media
Pearson in its acquisition of Global Education & Technology Group China
Reed Elsevier in its $530 million acquisition of Accuity
UBM plc in its $247 million acquisition of Canon Communications
Interactive Data Corporation in its $3.4 billion acquisition by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus
Toyota in its agreement with Tesla to jointly develop electric powered vehicles
The Economist Group in its acquisitions of Congressional Quarterly, Capital Advantage and CFO Publishing
Pearson plc in its $950 million acquisition of Harcourt Assessments
Pearson plc in its purchase from and the subsequent sale of interest in Nook Media to Barnes & Noble
Pearson plc in its acquisition of Wall Street English
Dr Pepper/Snapple in its acquisition of several independent bottlers and distributors
Kraft Food in the sale of its Balance Bar business
Education
Harvard Law School, 1978, J.D.
Princeton University, 1975, B.A.
Admissions
New York
Awards and Affiliations
Ranked, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006–2017)
Recommended in The Legal 500 for Mergers and Acquisitions (2014)
Listed as Recommended, Corporate M&A; Recognized, Corporate Governance, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008