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Sarah English Tune

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Sarah Tune represents companies in domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, including asset sales, joint ventures, recapitalizations and strategic alliances, acting for acquiring and selling entities. Sarah's concentrated industry experience is in wireless communications, digital media and hospitality.

Representative Experience

Corporate Finance

Apple American Group LLC

Represented Apple American Group LLC in recapitalization and strategic growth investment by Goldman Sachs and refinancing of existing credit facilities. (2011)

Mendocino Farms LLC

Represented Mendocino Farms in a strategic growth investment by Catterton Partners. (2012)

Clearwire Corporation

  • Represented Clearwire in pending merger with Sprint Nextel. (2012-present)
  • Represented Clearwire in $14.5 billion merger of Sprint and Clearwire WiMAX businesses and investment in Clearwire of $3.2 billion by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Google and Intel. (2008)
  • Represented Clearwire in $1.564 billion investment by Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Intel and Eagle River. (2009)
  • Represented Clearwire in the equity investment of $1 billion in Clearwire by Intel, Motorola and existing stockholders of Clearwire. (2006)

Strategic Buyer Representations

Pendrell Corporation (formerly ICO Global Communications)

Represented Pendrell Corporation in its acquisition of Ovidian Group, an intellectual property business solutions firm focused on the technology industry. (2011)

Apple American Group LLC

Numerous multi-unit expansion acquisitions for Apple American Group LLC, a restaurant holding company with more than 425 Applebee's franchised restaurants in 23 states, including a 40 unit acquisition in California and Nevada in 2009,  a 63 unit acquisition in Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2010, a 66 unit acquisition in five New England states in 2011, and a 99 unit acquisition in 8 states in 2012. (2004-present)

Bell American Group LLC

Represented Bell American Group, a restaurant holding company, in a 76 unit acquisition of franchised restaurants and simultaneous debt funding. (2012)

Clearwire Corporation

  • Managed and negotiated Clearwire's acquisition and leasing of 2.5 GHz spectrum to create its nationwide spectrum footprint, including the purchase in 2007 of AT&T’s portfolio of 2.5 GHz spectrum for $300 million. (2005-present)
  • Represented Clearwire International in major investments and/or acquisitions of wireless assets and operators in Ireland, Romania, Spain and Germany (2005-2008) and dispositions of international operations in Ireland, Romania, Germany, Belgium and Spain. (2010-2012) 
  • Represented Clearwire in the acquisition of NextNet Wireless, a pre-WiMAX equipment manufacturer and subsequent disposition of NextNet to Motorola for $50 million. (2004 and 2006)

ProBuild Company LLC (formerly Lanoga Corporation)

Numerous acquisitions of lumber, building materials and home component manufacturing businesses throughout the United States, including the acquisition of Oso Lumber Company in 2010. (2004-present)

Sell Side Representations

Double Down Interactive, LLC

Represented Double Down Interactive, LLC, a social gaming company, and its majority equity holder in its $500 million sale to International Game Technology. (2012)

Mobiata LLC

Represented Mobiata, LLC, a wireless travel application developer and provider, in the sale to Expedia, Inc. structured as a reverse triangular merger. (2010)

Safe Boats International LLC

Represented Safe Boats International and its existing owners in a recapitalization and investment by private equity firm. (2010)

IntraISP

Represented IntraISP Software Solutions, LLC, a company providing backend software, billing and customer care solutions for telecommunications companies, in a sale of its assets to Amdocs, Inc. (2009)

Professional & Community Activities

  • Co-chair, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group, Pacific Rim Advisory Council 
  • Board Member, North Cross School, 2012-present
  • Board Member, Mill Mountain Theater, 2006-present
  • Board Member, The Crew at Seattle Repertory Theater, 2000-2005

Professional Recognition

  • Selected to "Washington Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2005, 2007-2008, 2010-2013
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Education

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2000
    • Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law
    • Dillard Fellow
  • B.A., French, Politics, Washington and Lee University, 1995, summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Related Practices

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington
  • Virginia
  • New York