About Edinger Associates
Edinger Associates is a boutique business and finance law and consulting firm based in Washington, DC, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, exchanges, joint ventures, capital formation, restructuring, and communications, regulatory, and licensing matters. Its core expertise is in assisting enterprises, lenders, and investors to identify, arrange, negotiate, and close deals.
“We solve problems and find paths to achieve our clients’ objectives by applying principles of creativity, responsiveness, collaboration, and efficiency,” explains founder Brook Edinger. “We pride ourselves on understanding our clients’ business needs on every transaction and in every matter.”
Clients of Edinger Associates range in size from global multinationals to start-ups and individuals. Their approach has proven successful in hundreds of deals involving billions of dollars of assets in the United States, Latin America, Turkey, Southern Europe, and Central Asia.
For more information, visit www.edingerlaw.net.
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Edinger Associates Assists Emmis with $131 Million Purchase of Two NYC Radio Stations
February 21, 2014, Washington, DC — Edinger Associates PLLC served as transactional and FCC counsel to Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) in its purchase of urban, adult, contemporary radio station WBLS 107.5, and its sister station WLIB 1190, for $131 million in cash from YMF Media. WBLS is the No. 2 radio station in New York, and WLIB is New York’s first African-American targeted station offering an urban gospel format.
The transaction involves a Local Programming and Marketing Agreement pursuant to which Emmis will begin to program the stations on March 1, 2014, assuming Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance has been received. In addition, there will be two closings, one following initial grant of FCC consent to assignment of the stations’ FCC licenses, and the second to follow in February 2015.
The Edinger Associates team was led by Brook Edinger with the assistance of Partners Ladd Johnson and Scott Woodworth, and Senior Counsel Dag Wilkinson, as well as Attorney Kristen Basie, and Legal Assistant Mikki Stuart.
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May 13, 2013, Washington, DC — Edinger Associates PLLC served as counsel for Franchise Services of North America Inc. (“FSNA”) in its acquisition of Advantage Rent A Car (“Advantage”) from Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (“Hertz”) and the sublease of Advantage’s nationwide rental car fleet from Hertz. The acquisition of Advantage was consummated on December 12, 2012, and FSNA has been managing Advantage since that date.
Edinger Associates also served as counsel for FSNA in its transaction with Macquarie Capital (“Macquarie”) to provide equity financing for the Advantage acquisition. The final phase of the equity financing was consummated on May 3, 2013 in connection with the re-domestication of FSNA from Canada to Delaware and the issuance of a newly created class of FSNA preferred shares to Macquarie.
The Edinger Associates team advising FSNA was led by Principal Brook Edinger with the assistance of Partners Ladd Johnson and Scott Woodworth, and Senior Counsel Dag Wilkinson, as well as the Firm’s Associate and Legal Assistant staff.
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About Edinger Associates
Edinger Associates is a boutique business and finance law and consulting firm based in Washington, DC, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, exchanges, joint ventures, capital formation, restructuring, and communications, regulatory, and licensing matters. Its core expertise is in assisting enterprises, lenders, and investors to identify, arrange, negotiate, and close deals.
“We solve problems and find paths to achieve our clients’ objectives by applying principles of creativity, responsiveness, collaboration, and efficiency,” explains founder Brook Edinger. “We pride ourselves on understanding our clients’ business needs on every transaction and in every matter.”
Clients of Edinger Associates range in size from global multinationals to start-ups and individuals. Their approach has proven successful in hundreds of deals involving billions of dollars of assets in the United States, Latin America, Turkey, Southern Europe, and Central Asia.
Mr. Edinger represents U.S. and international clients, handling all aspects and sizes of deals, including negotiating, documenting, coordinating due diligence for and closing U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, finance, and joint-venture transactions.
Mr. Edinger also advises debtor and creditor clients on workout, insolvency, and reorganization matters, as well as structuring, formation, and governance matters, including duties of directors and officers.
In addition, Mr. Edinger serves as outside general counsel to a number of small and medium-sized enterprises. After living in Istanbul for two years, Mr. Edinger has established a broad network of contacts in finance, business, and law in Southern Europe and Central Asia, particularly in Turkey, and he regularly arranges and staffs all aspects of deals, from identifying counterparties and professionals, initial discussions, and term sheets, to diligence, documentation, and consummation.
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March 29, 2011, Washington, DC — Edinger Associates founder and principal Brook Edinger announced today that he and his partner, J. Ladd Johnson, welcome Scott W. Woodworth as their new associate.
“Scott brings to Edinger Associates years of experience on communications issues, having represented clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal agencies,” Edinger explains. “In his impressive law career, he has represented broadcast, media, and other communications clients in all types of FCC rulemaking, application, and enforcement proceedings.”
Johnson adds, “We were also impressed that Scott had advised clients on media transactions, with an emphasis on FCC rules and policies, which is one of our key practice areas. We know he will be a valuable addition to our team.”
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March 29, 2011, Washington, DC — Brook Edinger and J. Ladd Johnson, of the Washington DC law firm Edinger Associates, are pleased to announce that Dag Wilksonson has joined their firm as senior counsel.
“With more than 25 years of experience as a large law firm partner and general counsel, Mr. Wilkinson brings to Edinger Associates a wealth of corporate finance, securities, transactional and executive expertise,” Edinger explains. “He has a proven track record of forging long-term working relationships with executive management teams.”
Mr. Wilkinson was previously Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Capital Pacific Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded $600 million real-estate company based in Newport Beach, California, with operations in multiple states.
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January 13, 2011, Washington, DC — Ladd Johnson, a partner at the Washington, DC-based law practice Edinger Associates, learned today that he was named one of Utah’s Legal Elite for 2011 by Utah Business Magazine.
“This is a prestigious list, and I am very pleased to have been recognized,” says Johnson, who has a wealth of experience representing public and private companies of all sizes in business and finance matters.
For nearly 10 years, Utah Business has published the Legal Elite list showcasing the state’s best-of-the-best lawyers, the editors explain. Each lawyer on the list received votes from numerous peers.
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