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Todd Finger is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's New York office. He is a member of the corporate department and has worked on a variety of mergers, stock and asset purchases and sales, leveraged buyout transactions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, restructurings and recapitalizations.
Before joining McDermott, Todd practiced at a large international firm. He also worked at the White House under President William J. Clinton, and on the presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore.
Todd's representative transactions include the agreement by Time Warner Cable Inc. to acquire Adelphia Communications, the sale of 19 Entertainment (owner of "American Idol") to CKX, the purchase of Loews Cineplex Entertainment by Oaktree Capital Management and Onex Corporation, the sale of The Columbia House Company to The Blackstone Group on behalf of Time Warner, the sale of a majority interest in Idenix Pharmaceuticals to Novartis on behalf of CSFB and Nomura International, the sale of Silver Cinemas and Landmark Theaters by Oaktree Capital Management to a company controlled by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, the tender offer for shares of Tom Brown on behalf of EnCana Corporation, the combination of Sony Music Entertainment with BMG Music on behalf of Sony Corporation of America and the formation of various joint ventures on behalf of Warner Music Group, including the formation of Bad Boy Records. He also advised the consortium led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr., in its $15 billion bid for the entertainment assets of Vivendi S.A.
Todd represented Beckham Brand Limited, an entity controlled by David Beckham, in connection with Mr. Beckham joining the L.A. Galaxy.
He also regularly represents and advises private equity and venture capital firms with respect to their investments in both public and private companies and their compliance with the U.S. securities laws. Representative clients in this area include Aisling Capital, Nomura International, Perseus-Soros and Wafra Partners.
Todd is a member of the New York Bar.
Education:
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1997
Emory University, B.B.A. (with distinction), 1994 | 