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Barry A. Brooks Partner, Corporate Department [email protected] Barry Brooks is the Chair of the firm’s New York office and a partner in the Corporate Department of the firm. He represents parties in a wide range of public and private domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and joint venture transactions. Mr. Brooks represents private investment funds and other institutional investors and private and public operating companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Brooks also advises public companies and their boards and committees in connection with corporate responsibility, fiduciary duty and disclosure matters. Mr. Brooks is a member of the State Bars of New York and California and of the American Bar Association. Mr. Brooks received his A.B. degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1978 from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1981 from Harvard Law School. Recent Representations Representing Cequel Communications Holdings LLC (doing business as Suddenlink Communications) in its US$6.6 billion sale to BC Partners, CPP Investment Board, and certain members of Suddenlink’s management team. Represented Rural/Metro Corporation, a leading ambulance and private fire protection services company, in its US$670 million acquisition by global private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Represented Catalina Marketing Corporation in its US$1.7 billion buyout by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI L.P. Represented Piper Jaffray & Co. as a financial advisor to McCormick & Schmick's, a seafood restaurant chain, in its US$131 million sale to Landry's Restaurants, an owner and operator of seafood and steak restaurants. Represented Barclays as financial advisor to CenturyLink in its US$3.2 billion acquisition of Savvis Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises; Century Tel Inc. in its US$10.6 billion acquisition of Qwest Communications in a stock-for-stock merger; and Verizon in the US$5.3 billion acquisition through a merger transaction by Frontier Communications of New York T: 1(212) 318-6077 F: 1(212) 230-7777 Practice Areas Corporate Securities and Capital Markets Telecommunications and Media Intellectual Property Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions Private Investment Funds Private Equity Admissions California Bar New York Bar Languages Education Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981 University of California Los Angeles, B.A., 1978 Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

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Barry A. BrooksPartner, Corporate Department

[email protected]

Barry Brooks is the Chair of the firm’s New York office and a partner in the

Corporate Department of the firm. He represents parties in a wide range of

public and private domestic and international mergers and acquisitions,

corporate finance and joint venture transactions. Mr. Brooks represents private

investment funds and other institutional investors and private and public

operating companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Brooks also advises public

companies and their boards and committees in connection with corporate

responsibility, fiduciary duty and disclosure matters.

Mr. Brooks is a member of the State Bars of New York and California and of the

American Bar Association. Mr. Brooks received his A.B. degree, summa cum

laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1978 from the University of California at Los Angeles

and his J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1981 from Harvard Law School.

Recent Representations

Representing Cequel Communications Holdings LLC (doing business as

Suddenlink Communications) in its US$6.6 billion sale to BC Partners, CPP

Investment Board, and certain members of Suddenlink’s management team.

Represented Rural/Metro Corporation, a leading ambulance and private fire

protection services company, in its US$670 million acquisition by global private

equity firm Warburg Pincus.

Represented Catalina Marketing Corporation in its US$1.7 billion buyout by

private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI L.P.

Represented Piper Jaffray & Co. as a financial advisor to McCormick &

Schmick's, a seafood restaurant chain, in its US$131 million sale to Landry's

Restaurants, an owner and operator of seafood and steak restaurants.

Represented Barclays as financial advisor to CenturyLink in its US$3.2 billion

acquisition of Savvis Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT

solutions for enterprises; Century Tel Inc. in its US$10.6 billion acquisition of

Qwest Communications in a stock-for-stock merger; and Verizon in the US$5.3

billion acquisition through a merger transaction by Frontier Communications of

New York

T: 1(212) 318-6077

F: 1(212) 230-7777

Practice Areas

Corporate

Securities and Capital

Markets

Telecommunications and

Media

Intellectual Property

Healthcare

Mergers and Acquisitions

Private Investment Funds

Private Equity

Admissions

California Bar

New York Bar

Languages

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D.,

1981

University of California Los

Angeles, B.A., 1978

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

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Verizon’s local wireline operations.

Represented Cortec Group, a New York-based middle-market private equity

firm, in its acquisition of Cranial Technologies, Inc., a developer, manufacturer,

and provider of medical devices and services for the treatment of positional

plagiocephaly in infants; as well as its acquisition of Hygenic, a medical

specialty products company.

Represented Cequel Data Centers, an affiliate of Cequel III, and owned by

Cequel III and a consortium of private equity firms, in a series of acquisitions of

data center owners and operators, including (i) Perimeter Technology, based in

Tulsa, Oklahoma-, (ii) Colo4, based in Texas-, (iii) Adhost Internet Advertising,

based in Washington,- and (iv) Tierpoint, LLC, based Washington.

Represented Kobe Steel, one of the leading integrated steelmakers of high-end

steel products in Japan, in its Ohio-based US$400 million joint venture with

United States Steel Corporation, to produce coated steel sheet totaling 1.5

million tons a year.

Represented General Electric Capital Corporation as agent and lender in

connection with a US$775 million senior secured credit facility to finance the

purchase by an affiliated entity of a portfolio of loans from a major bracket

investment bank.

Represented Performance Health & Wellness Holdings in connection with its

purchase of a private specialty medical products company.

Advised Primary Wave Music Publishing LLC in a variety of transactions,

including its acquisition of music and publishing rights of Daryl Hall and John

Oates, the Beatles, Nirvana, Earth Wind & Fire and Steven Tyler.

Represented Toshiba Corporation in connection with the formation of a joint

venture with IBM to build a dRAM manufacturing plant with IBM, and

subsequent repurchase by Toshiba.

Represented Toshiba Corporation in connection with formation of a joint

venture manufacturing facility with Sandisk Corporation.

Represented INSL-X Corporation (a specialty paint manufacturer and

distributor) in connection with the sale of that entity to Benjamin Moore, a

subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

Represented Cequel Communications/Suddenlink Communications in

connection with the acquisition of cable systems from Cox Communications

and Charter Communications and related debt and equity financings.

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981•

University of California Los Angeles, B.A., 1978•

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

Barry A. Brooks (Continued)

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News

November 04, 2005

Paul Hastings' Represents Cebridge Connections Holdings In Purchase of Cable

Systems From Cox Communications Inc.

December 19, 2005

Paul Hastings Represents The Related Companies, L.P. In $505 Million

Acquisition of Equinox Holdings Inc.

May 15, 2006

Paul Hastings Represents Cequel III, LLC and Cequel Communications in

Acquisition of Cox Communications, Inc.

March 09, 2007

Paul Hastings Advises Catalina Marketing Corporation in $1.7 Billion Buyout By

ValueAct Capital

April 18, 2007

Paul Hastings Advises Catalina Marketing Corporation in $1.7 Billion Buyout By

Hellman & Friedman LLC

November 24, 2010

Paul Hastings Represents Rural/Metro in Debt Refinancing

January 03, 2011

Paul Hastings Advises Kobe Steel on Joint Venture with United States Steel

Corporation

March 28, 2011

Paul Hastings Representing Rural/Metro in Acquisition by Warburg Pincus

May 17, 2011

Paul Hastings Advises Acumen in $1.9 Million Investment in NRSP Microfinance

Bank

July 01, 2011

Paul Hastings Represents Rural/Metro As Warburg Pincus Acquisition Closes

July 06, 2011

Paul Hastings Selected For Barclays 2011 Legal Services Panel

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

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November 02, 2011

Paul Hastings Advises Cequel Data Centers In Acquisition of Perimeter

Technology

November 09, 2011

Paul Hastings Advises Piper Jaffray In Acquisition of McCormick & Schmicks by

Landrys Restaurants

May 16, 2012

Paul Hastings Adds High-Profile Latin America Focused Corporate Team in New

York

May 22, 2012

Paul Hastings Advises Cequel Data Centers In Acquisition of TierPoint, LLC

July 20, 2012

Paul Hastings Advises Cequel in $6.6 Billion Transaction

November 20, 2012

Paul Hastings Advises Cequel in Closing of its $6.6 Billion Sale to BCC Partners,

CPP Investment Board and Management

May 15, 2013

Paul Hastings Represents Primary Wave Music in Financial Partnership

June 05, 2013

Paul Hastings Extensive Practice Strength Highlighted in The Legal 500 United

States 2013

June 27, 2013

Paul Hastings Advises Cequel Data Centers in Acquisition of Baltimore

Technology Park

September 03, 2013

Paul Hastings Represents Primary Wave Music in a Strategic Alliance with BMG

Rights Management

October 29, 2013

Paul Hastings Advises Samsung Display on US$1.9 Billion Sale of its Joint

Venture Stake and its Strategic Investment in Corning Incorporated

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

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March 11, 2014

Paul Hastings Continues Building Leveraged Finance Strength with Addition of

High-Profile Finance Partner in New York

June 11, 2014

Paul Hastings Represents TierPoint in its Acquisition by Management, Investor

Group

Publications

February 09, 2012

Delaware Court of Chancery Reaffirms Default Fiduciary Duties in the Limited

Liability Company Context Absent Contractual Modifications

May 12, 2011

Commercial Aftershocks of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: Force Majeure

and Related Issues

April 28, 2009

Lyondell Chemical Co. v. Ryan: Yes, You Can (Purchase or Sell a Delaware

Company with a Preemptive Bid to a Disinterested Board)

Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London

Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris

San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC

Barry A. Brooks (Continued)