Robert W. Dickey

Rob has represented a large number of companies in the media and technology industries, and also 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.

• 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 acquisition of PhenomeX
• 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 Corporation in its acquisitions of WebEquity and Omega Performance
• The New York Times Company 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 Corporation 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, its sales of Varel International Energy Services and Kanthal’s electronic components business, and its spinoff of its Sandvik Materials Technology business
• Traxall Technologies Inc. in its sale to Jet Support Services, Inc.