Ralph C. Voltmer

Ralph Voltmer, Jr., a partner in the firm's corporate group, advises both US and foreign clients in cross-border transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and financings (whether debt or equity).  Mr. Voltmer has represented clients on a variety of transactions in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and heads the firm's India Practice.

Representative Matters

• Representing Reliance Industries in a series of joint ventures with D. E. Shaw to provide non-banking financial services in India.
• Representing AXIS Bank Limited, India’s third largest bank, as lead arranger for $180 million in project finance supporting a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Gujarat and a pharmaceutical research and development center in Mumbai.
• Representing ICICI Bank Limited, India’s second largest bank, as the lender in a $1.7 billion structured financing for an affiliate of an India-based multinational company.
• Representing ICICI Bank Limited and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint lead arrangers, in $925 million in syndicated project financings in India.
• Representing Reliance Life Sciences in a $35 million investment in an MPM BioVentures Fund.
• Representing HIT Entertainment in the formation of the "Jim Jam" joint venture with Chellomedia, an affiliate of Liberty Global.
• Representing National Geographic in the formation of NGC Network International LLC, a joint venture among NGT, Inc., a subsidiary of National Geographic Society, National Broadcasting Company and FOX Entertainment Group, Inc., for the international development and operation of the National Geographic Channel cable network; and the formation of NGC Network US, LLC, a joint venture between NGT, Inc. and Fox Entertainment Group, for the development and operation of the National Geographic Channel in the US.
• Representing PBS in connection with its participation in the formation of a cable channel network for pre-school aged children, PBS Kids Sprout, a joint venture among PBS, Hit Entertainment Plc, Sesame Workshop and Comcast Corporation -- a venture formation transaction that involved, among other things, the licensing of programming, the commitment of equity funding, and carriage on cable systems.
• Representing Scholastic Entertainment in the formation of a joint venture among ION Media Networks, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc., and Classic Entertainment to create Qubo, a children’s linear program service.
• Representing the Special Committee of Moscow Cablecom Corp. in a going private transaction with Renova Media Enterprises Ltd., the largest single shareholder of MOCC.
• Serving as special counsel to the Supervisory Board of Primacom AG, a publicly traded cable operator in Germany, in connection with a proposed restructuring with Primacom’s senior lenders.

Honors and Rankings

• Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2008-2009)
• Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A (India) and Corporate/M&A (US) (2009-2012)
• Chambers Asia, India - Corporate & Finance (International Firms) (2010-2011)
• Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, India - Foreign Firms (2008-2012)
• Recognized in Legal 500 for Telecoms - Finance: Advice to Telecommunications and Satellite Ventures - US (2007)

Pro Bono

• Representing Global Initiative on Sharing Influenza Data (GISAID), a non-profit organization formed to foster the international sharing of avian influenza isolates and related data.