Neil Dickson, Managing Partner of the Firm's Atlanta office, concentrates his practice in the corporate, finance, securities and banking areas. Mr. Dickson has extensive experience representing large, medium and small, public and private companies as corporate counsel and provides advice for businesses relating to all aspects of their affairs. As a former Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for a NASDAQ company, Mr. Dickson is able to provide invaluable and practical advice to executive officers, entrepreneurs and financiers. Due to his business experience, Mr. Dickson is also able to provide non-legal assistance to companies in such areas as obtaining financing, forming strategic relationships and hiring of "C" level employees.
Neil focuses his practice on representing media and media/technology companies. He has extensive experience representing large and small television and radio station groups. The public company for which Neil was formerly Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel is a large national new media network serving the young adult market. This company also has extensive Internet and e-commerce operations.
Education
- J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, 1984
- B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan, 1981
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
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$330 million dollar acquisition of 4 television stations in Oregon, Hawaii, and Kansas
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$500 million syndicated debt credit facility for television station group
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$50 million purchase of television stations in Ohio
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$40 million purchase of television stations in Georgia
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$35 million purchase of television stations in Alabama and Iowa
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$125 million private equity financing for television station group
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$75 million credit facility for television station group
- Sale of television station in Southern California for $70 million
- Sale of television stations in Indiana and Minnesota to public company for $57 million
- Sale of television stations in Texas and New Mexico for $20 million
- Purchase of radio station group in Long Island, NY for $13 million
- $6 million credit facility for radio station group
- $10M acquisition of private international software company by public software company
- Purchase of television station in Ft. Wayne, IN for $20.5M
- Purchase of television station in Santa Barbara, CA for $39.5M
- Purchase of television station in Amarillo, TX for $18M
- Corporate Counsel to New Vision Group, LLC, multiple station owner
- Close $27.5M debt facility for television station group
- Close $75M venture capital financing for television station group
- Sale of public company television network (College Television Network) to Viacom International Inc.
- $110M purchase and funding of 7-station television group
- Sale of television group for $230M
- Sale of 4-station television group for $120M
- Purchase of television station in mid-market, create LMA (local marketing agreement) and then eventually sell station
- Purchase of 75% stake of public media company
- $10M Rights Offering for public media company
- Acquisition, funding and eventual sale of television stations in Arizona
- Purchase of radio station in Griffin, GA
- IPO for long-standing corporate client and software company
- $30M stock and cash acquisition of software company
- $120M sale of PR firm
- Merger of a high speed internet access company into a dot.com company ($60M value)
- General Representation of public media firm and a public software company
- Acquisition of $30M media rep firm and simultaneous closing of $53M financing
- Merger of private software company with Canadian private software company ($90M combined value)
- $20M cash sale of PR firm to Omnicom
- Closed over $100M in venture capital transactions
Professional History
Partner in the law firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
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