Kyle B. Simon
- Washington, D.C.
Kyle represents clients in complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, and minority and secondaries investments.
For his public company clients, Kyle Simon has experience with both domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, seamlessly integrating teams to achieve his clients’ goals. For his private equity clients, Kyle structures and implements upper-tier holding structures, rollover equity investments, and pre-sale restructurings. He also advises on general corporate and operational matters, including partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, and commercial contracts.
Recognized by Legal 500 U.S. as a key lawyer in Media & Entertainment: Transactional and Telecommunications & Broadcast: Regulatory, Kyle has extensive knowledge in the media industry. He regularly advises media clients with their strategic acquisitions and divestitures, including acquisitions and sales of television and radio stations, networks, programming and content, and related digital and linear advertising businesses.
Education & Credentials
Education
- Wake Forest University, J.D., Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 2012
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., Philosophy, with honors, 2009
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
Related Employment
- Hogan Lovells US LLP, Senior Associate, 2016-2019
- Perkins Coie LLP, Associate, 2013-2016
Professional Recognition
Recognized by L.A. TV Week’s "40 Under 40" list for professionals at the forefront of the streaming and linear television media industry, 2023
Ranked by Legal 500 U.S. as key lawyer in Media & Entertainment, Transactional; Telecommunications & Broadcast, Regulatory, 2023
Professional Experience
Media and Entertainment
- Representation of Fox Corp in connection with acquisition of Seattle, WA and Milwaukee, WI stations from Nexstar and sale of stations in Charlotte, NC to Nexstar.
- Representation of Cox Media Group in connection with acquisition of multiple broadcast television stations in Eugene, Oregon from California Oregon Broadcasting Inc. (COBI).
- Representation of Cox Media Group in connection with its sale of multiple radio stations in the Houston, TX designated market area to Urban One (NASDAQ:UONE), a publicly traded urban-oriented multi-media company.
- Representation of Estrella Media in connection with sale of KMPX-TV (Decatur, Texas) to TEGNA.
- Representation of fund client in connection with roll up strategy acquiring numerous television stations over several years.
- Representation of Fox Corp in connection with acquisition of TMZ properties from WarnerMedia.
- Telecommunications company in its acquisition of a Spanish language broadcast network.
- Representation of domestic broadcast media company in connection with programming joint venture with two other major domestic broadcast companies.
- Representation of Cox Media Group in connection with its sale of broadcast and digital advertising representative businesses to One Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, technology, and media sectors in North America and Europe.
- Representation fund client in connection with strategic investment in ad tech business.
Technology and Communications
- International consulting firm in its sale of an e-discovery platform to an Australian software company.*
- International computer company in cross-border structuring matters relating to its acquisition of an international cloud computing and data storage company.*
- Telecommunications company in its acquisition of a Spanish language broadcast network.*
- Telecommunications company in its acquisitions of tv stations.*
- Fortress Investment Group in its patent monetization financings of emerging technology companies.
- Prime Focus Technologies in its strategic acquisition of DAX Cloud, a provider of cloud services to media content production industry.
- Prime Focus Technologies in its financing by Export Import Bank of India.
- E-discovery business in its strategic acquisition of another e-discovery business.
- High-speed data transport provider in its sale of a majority interest to a private equity firm.
- Broadband internet provider in its network implementation operations.
* Experience at prior firm.
Retail and Consumer Products
- Retail pet supply store in its strategic acquisition of an online retailer of pet supplies with an advance e-commerce technology platform.
- Provider of store lifecycle management solutions and services in its growth equity investment by private equity firm.
Food & Beverage
- Private equity fund in its sale of Texas-based grocery store chain.*
- Private equity fund in its add-on acquisition of currency and cashless vending product lines.*
* Experience at prior firm.
Energy and Natural Resources
- Private equity fund in its purchase of a compost and fertilizer manufacturer.*
- U.S. energy futures exchange in its sale to a German energy exchange.*
- Palomar Capital Advisors Ltd. in its initial investment in Mantacor Energy LLC.
- Canadian engineering and project management company in its acquisition of U.S. clean energy engineering and design company.
- Aurcana Corporation, a Canadian mining company, in its financing by Orion Mine Finance.
* Experience at prior firm.
Transportation
- Major U.S. airline in securities matters relating to its merger with another major U.S. airline.*
- Private equity fund in its purchase of a mobile truck fleet and facility cleaning business.*
* Experience at prior firm.
Healthcare
- Medical transportation portfolio company in its acquisition of ambulance companies.
- Orthopedic implant designer and manufacturer in its acquisition of a sports medicine products and services company.