Robert W. Dickey

Partner
He/Him/His

Robert W. Dickey advises US and non-US based companies with respect to their most important mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, and other strategic transactions. He also counsels executives, in house counsel, and boards of directors on a wide range of critical corporate matters, including fiduciary duties, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.

Rob has represented a large number of companies in the media and technology industries. Additionally, he has experience in the automotive and mobility, life sciences, chemical, food and beverage, industrial, and risk management industries.

Rob oversees the firm’s M&A Academy, a series of tailored webinars designed to provide a comprehensive M&A overview for M&A professionals and others who deal with M&A issues. He speaks frequently on trends in the M&A legal arena and is the chair of the Practising Law Institute’s annual Acquiring or Selling the Privately Held Company program.

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outstanding in his technical competence and service‑oriented nature
Legal 500
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  • AarhusKarlshamn AB in its acquisitions of Golden Foods and Golden Brands and Oasis Foods Company
  • Advaxis in its merger with Ayala Pharmaceuticals
  • Ayala Pharmaceuticals in its merger with Biosight and sale to Immunome
  • BASF SE in its acquisition of Chemetall
  • Bruker Corporation in its acquisitions of PhenomeX and NanoString Technologies
  • Bullish in its acquisition of CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group
  • Chelsea Therapeutics in its sale to Lundbeck
  • The Economist Group in its acquisition of Congressional Quarterly and its sales of CFO Publishing and CQ Roll Call
  • The Financial Times in its acquisition of GIS Planning, its acquisition of a controlling stake in Endpoints News, its investment in Wilshire Indexes, and its sales of the New York Institute of Finance and Medley Global Advisors
  • FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with Payoneer Inc.
  • Interactive Data Corporation in its acquisition by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus
  • ITOCHU Corporation in its acquisition of Alta Forest Products and sale of its interest in EQT
  • A group of LG companies in their acquisition of Eastman Kodak Company’s OLED business
  • Moody’s Corp. in its acquisitions of WebEquity and Omega Performance
  • The New York Times Co. in its acquisitions of The Wirecutter, The Sweethome, Serial Productions and Audm, its sales of About.com and The Boston Globe, and its strategic alliance with “This American Life”
  • Pearson plc in its acquisitions of Certiport, Connections Education, Global Education & Technology Group and SchoolNet, and its sales of its U.S. K12 courseware business and PowerSchool
  • Penske Media Corp. in its acquisitions of Women’s Wear Daily and Wenner Media/Rolling Stone, its acquisition of a 50% interest in SXSW, and its investment in Vox Media
  • Perrigo Company in its acquisition of Agis Industries
  • Reed Elsevier in its acquisition of Accuity
  • Sandvik AB in its acquisitions of Summerill Tube Corp., Thermaltek and Custom Electric Manufacturing Co.; its sales of Varel International Energy Services and Kanthal’s electronic components business; and its spin-off of its Sandvik Materials Technology business
  • Traxall Technologies Inc. in its sale to Jet Support Services Inc.
  • Duke University School of Law, 1997, J.D.
  • Duke University, 1994, A.B.
  • New York

Ranked, Media & Entertainment: Corporate, New York, Chambers USA (2019)

Recommended, Industry focus: Transport: Rail and Road - Finance, The Legal 500 US (2022, 2023)

Recommended, M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+), The Legal 500 US (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019)

Member, American Bar Association

Member, ABA Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions

Member, ABA Subcommittee on M&A Jurisprudence

Member, New York City Bar Association