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Paul V. Rogers

Partner

Boston +1 617 603 8807

Washington +1 202 662 5592

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  • About

    Paul Rogers is a partner with a broad-based corporate and securities transactional and advisory practice. He is co-chair of the firm’s Aerospace, Defense, and National Security Industry Group. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, venture capital financings, securities offerings, and corporate governance. He has served as counsel to numerous companies (ranging in size from the development stage to large public companies), entrepreneurs, and venture capital firms.

    A significant portion of Paul's practice is focused on representing non-U.S. entities in acquisitions and divestitures of, and investments in, U.S. assets. Many of these transactions are subject to Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review. He also regularly advises companies on the corporate law aspects of foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) mitigation. He works as part of an integrated team with our CFIUS and FOCI practice group in each of these areas.

    Paul has experience in a number of industries, including government contracting, defense and national security, internet, broadcasting, manufacturing, life sciences, automotive, networking and communications, computer software and hardware, and distribution.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • Graham Holdings Company in its acquisition of Leaf Group Ltd.
    • Graham-Ourisman Automotive in the acquisition of multiple automobile dealerships.
    • Elbit Systems of America in its acquisition of Sparton Corporation.
    • Graham Holdings Company in the sale of its Megaphone subsidiary to Spotify Technology S.A..
    • GovernmentCIO LLC in its sale to Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.
    • Graham Holdings Company in its acquisition of Framebridge Inc.
    • Elbit Systems of America in its acquisition of the Night Vision business of Harris Corporation.
    • Dispatch Broadcast Group in the sale to TEGNA Inc. of WBNS, the CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, WTHR, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana, and WBNS Radio in Columbus, Ohio.
    • Computer Word Processing Systems, LLC (CWPS) in its sale to Red River Technology, LLC.
    • Graham Holdings Company in its acquisition of the Clyde’s Restaurant Group.
    • Elbit Systems Limited in its acquisition of Universal Avionics Systems Corporation.   

    • Strategic Resources International, Inc., in its sale to Peraton Corporation.
    • A foreign conglomerate in its acquisition of a U.S. government contractor.
    • Graham Holdings Company in its acquisition of Hoover Wood Products Holdings, Inc.  
    • Graham Media Group, a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, in its acquisition of two television stations from Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
    • Numerous privately held companies in their acquisitions by publicly-held government contractors.
    • Western Oncolytics Ltd., in its collaboration and option to purchase agreement with Pfizer Inc.
    • Kaplan Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, in its acquisition of SmartPros, Ltd.
    • ThreatGRID, Inc., in its sale to Cisco Systems, Inc.
    • Ben Venue Laboratories, a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group, in the sale of its Bedford Ohio manufacturing facility to Hikma Pharmaceuticals.
    • Vulnerability Research Labs, Inc., in its sale to Computer Sciences Corporation.
    • CVG, Inc., in its sale to Integral Systems, Inc.
    • LPM Latin Power Media, LLC, in its acquisition of V-Me Media, Inc.
    • XLHealth Corporation in its (i) equity and debt financings and (ii) acquisition of Leprechaun, LLC.
    • WCI Communities, Inc., in its acquisition of Renaissance Housing Corp and related entities.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1985
        • cum laude
        • Georgetown Law Journal, Editor
    • Williams College, B.A., 1979
        • cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    Pro Bono
    • Recipient of the John Carroll Society’s Pro Bono Legal Service Award for service to the Archdiocesan Legal Network of Washington, DC.
    Accolades
    • Best Lawyers in America, "Washington Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Lawyer of the Year"
    • Legal 500 US

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