Robert F. Morwood

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Cincinnati

T +1.513.852.2603

F +1.513.929.0303

New York

T +1.212.847.7038

F +1.212.589.4201

rmorwood@bakerlaw.com

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Overview

Rob Morwood is a business attorney who advises publicly traded and privately held companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance and corporate governance matters. Rob brings a thoughtful and results-oriented approach to helping businesses negotiate and close important transactions, avoid surprises and achieve strategic growth.

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Represented a media company in its simultaneous, dual-tracked acquisitions of two companies owning four nationally distributed television broadcast networks for $302 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of majority control of a business research company for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a media company in its joint venture with a Japan-based company for the aggregation and curation of news, information and analysis from news entities.

Represented a media company in its simultaneous, dual-tracked acquisitions of two companies owning four nationally distributed television broadcast networks for $302 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of majority control of a business research company for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a media company in its joint venture with a Japan-based company for the aggregation and curation of news, information and analysis from news entities.
Represented a diversifying company in its acquisition of a tracking device manufacturer for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a diversified holding company in its acquisition of an entertainment retailer for $60 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of a multi-platform humor and satire brand for $39 million.
Represented a diversified holding company in its acquisition of a carpet manufacturer for $30 million.
Represented a hospitality company in its purchase of substantially all of the master license franchise and development rights to certain Wyndham flag brands in Canada for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of a leading podcast company for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a publicly traded pharmaceutical company in its sale for a total enterprise value of approximately $28 million.
Represented a media company in its sale of trade publishing assets for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a media company in a complex transaction that transformed two media companies and involved the spin-off and combination/merger of their newspaper businesses to form a new public company, and a combination/merger of their broadcasting businesses (resulting in two separately traded public companies, one focused on broadcast and digital media and the other on newspaper publishing and digital media).
Represented a publicly traded utility company in its acquisition of a natural gas infrastructure company for cash and stock valued at $59.2 million.
Represented a packaging company in its sale for an undisclosed amount.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of two television stations for $110 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of a digital multisource video news provider for $35 million.
Represented a large multispecialty academic physician group in the integration/acquisition of 24 medical/clinical practices.
Represented a utility company in the acquisition of propane distribution assets for $24.5 million.
Represented a power generation company in going public.
Represented a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company in public/registered offerings and private placements of common stock for aggregate proceeds of approximately $40 million.
Represented an oil and gas exploration and production company in obtaining a senior credit facility for $200 million.
Represented an oil and gas exploration and production company in the merger of two public companies.
Represented a media company in the sale of its online shopping company for $165 million.
Represented a media company in the acquisition of a major broadcasting company (owner of nine television stations) for $212 million.
Represented a media company in the restructuring of certain U.S. lifestyle media cable television network subsidiaries and the restructuring of certain UK subsidiaries.
Represented a media company in the acquisition of a majority interest in a cable television network for $1.1 billion.
Represented a utilities company in the merger of two publicly traded companies.
Represented a broadcast television station owner in the sale of two broadcast television stations for $26 million.
Represented a media company in its spinoff as a new publicly traded company.
Represented a dental insurance provider in its acquisitions, joint ventures, equity financings, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting/filing, corporate governance, shareholder proposals and strategic planning.
Represented a software company in multiple rollup acquisitions of competitors and private placements of securities.
Represented a media company in the sale of a television shopping network for $17 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of an online shopping company for $525 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisition of a cable and satellite television network for $140 million.
Represented a media company in its acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures involving newspapers.
Represented a media company in the acquisition of an online recipe site.
Represented a media company in the acquisition of a video and photo sharing company.
Represented banks and borrowers in commercial bank loans.
Represented issuers in public offerings of common stock and debt securities.
Represented issuers in private placements of securities.
Represented underwriters and borrowers in municipal bond financings.
Represented issuers and minority holders in equity redemptions.
Represented companies in business formations.

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

The M&A Advisor:
- M&A Deal of the Year (from $200 million to $500 million) (2017); Consumer Discretionary Sector Deal of the Year (over $100 million) (2017). Second Chair in representation of The E. W. Scripps Company’s simultaneous acquisitions of Katz Broadcasting Network and Bounce Media (including four national broadcast television networks: Bounce, Grit, Escape and Laff).
- M&A Deal of the Year (from $500 million to $1 billion) (2015); Technology, Media and Telecom Sector Deal of the Year (2015). Second Chair in representation of The E. W. Scripps Company’s and Journal Communication Inc.’s spinoff, a combination of their newspaper businesses to form a new public company, and a combination of their broadcast businesses by merging Journal into a wholly owned subsidiary of Scripps.
- M&A Sector Deal of the Year (from $100 million to $250 million) (2014). Second Chair in representation of The E. W. Scripps Company’s purchase of television station assets from Granite Broadcasting.
- Sector Deal of the Year (from $100 million to $1 billion) in the Technology, Media and Telecom Category (2012). Member of the deal team in representation of The E.W. Scripps Company's purchase of McGraw-Hill's Broadcasting Group.
- Middle Market Deal of the Year (from $100 million to $250 million) (2010): Member of the deal team in the sale of Characters Licensing, a subsidiary of Scripps responsible for the licensing of the Peanuts characters, Dilbert, Fancy Nancy and others to the Iconix Brand Group and family members of the late Charles Schulz.

Memberships

American Bar Association: Business Law Section
Ohio State Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
United Way Roebling Society

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Education

J.D., The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, 2003, with honors
B.A., The Ohio State University, 1998, summa cum laude

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