Lesse Castleberry

Senior Counsel
lcastleberry@cooley.com
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About Lesse

Lesse Castleberry has extensive experience in structuring business transactions, including startups, joint ventures, spin-offs and acquisitions. He has also counseled and represented clients in a wide variety of controversies at the federal, state and local level.

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Experience

Meredith Agrees to Sell National Media Group to IAC’s Dotdash

Meredith Agrees to Sell National Media Group to IAC’s Dotdash

October 14, 2021

Cooley advised Meredith Corporation, a multiplatform media and marketing company, on its agreement to sell its National Media Group to IAC’s Dotdash. Partners Kevin Mills and Aaron Binstock led the Cooley team advising Meredith.

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Kevin Mills
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Aaron Binstock
Partner, Washington, DC
Michael Basile
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Helenanne Connolly
Partner, Reston
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Tiana Demas
Partner
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
Dee Bansal
Partner, Washington, DC
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Claudia Torres
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jacquelyn Burke
Special Counsel, Boston
Parker Erkmann
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Wesley Dietrich
Associate, Washington, DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston
David Safren
Associate, New York
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Reza Safai
Associate, Palo Alto
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Darah Protas
Partner, Washington, DC
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Claire Gibbs
Associate, Washington, DC
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Henry Wendel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Asheley Walker
Associate, Washington, DC
Sarah Swain
Associate, Washington, DC
Hugh Stuart
Associate, Washington, DC
John Schlenz
Associate, Washington, DC

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Communications
Communications Regulatory
Digital Media and Entertainment
Private Equity
Labor and Employment
Antitrust and Competition
Compensation and Benefits
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Debt Finance
Securities Litigation + Enforcement
Tax
Insurance
Capital Markets

Meredith Agrees to Sell TV Broadcast Group to Gray Television for $2.8 Billion

Meredith Agrees to Sell TV Broadcast Group to Gray Television for $2.8 Billion

May 10, 2021

Cooley advised Meredith Corporation on its agreement to sell its local media group, which consists of 17 television stations reaching 11% of US households and 30 million viewers, to Gray Television for $2.8 billion. Partners Kevin Mills, Aaron Binstock and Michael Basile led the Cooley team advising Meredith on the deal.

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Kevin Mills
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Aaron Binstock
Partner, Washington, DC
Michael Basile
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christy Burrow
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Helenanne Connolly
Partner, Reston
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Wesley Dietrich
Associate, Washington, DC
Jason Rademacher
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Robby L.R. Saldaña
Associate, Washington, DC
Jennifer Don
Associate, Reston
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Kristine Forderer
Partner, San Francisco
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
MaryBeth Shreiner
Special Counsel, Reston
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Meredith Klionsky
Associate, Washington, DC
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston
John Logan
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David E. Mills
Partner, Washington, DC
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Henry Wendel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Safren
Associate, New York

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Communications
Communications Regulatory
Compensation and Benefits
Tax
Labor and Employment
Capital Markets
Emerging Companies
White Collar Defense and Investigations
Technology
Debt Finance
Antitrust and Competition

Arlo to Partner with Verisure

Arlo to Partner with Verisure

November 21, 2019

Cooley advised Arlo Technologies, the leading internet-connected camera brand, on its agreement to enter into a strategic partnership with Verisure Sàrl. Partners Barbara Borden, Tom Coll and Charles Haley led the Cooley team advising Arlo.

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Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
Tom Coll
Partner, San Diego
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Alexander Israel
Partner in Charge – Brussels, Brussels
Paula Holland
Partner, London
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Thomas Welk
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Michael Klein
Partner, New York
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Chris Chynoweth
Associate, New York
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Jan Lang
Associate, Brussels
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Russell Anderson
Associate, London

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers and Acquisitions
Cloud Solutions
Technology Transactions
Software
Tax
Antitrust and Competition
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Compensation and Benefits
Intellectual Property

AGNC Closes $507.2 Million Mortgage REIT Equity Offering

AGNC Closes $507.2 Million Mortgage REIT Equity Offering

July 25, 2018

Cooley represented JP Morgan, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs & Co as joint book-running managers for AGNC's offering. AGNC is an internally managed REIT that invests primarily in agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a US government agency or a US government-sponsored entity.

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Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Div Gupta
Partner, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Capital Markets
Tax

Yhat Sells to Alteryx

Yhat Sells to Alteryx

June 6, 2017

Cooley advised data science company Yhat on its sale to Alteryx.

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Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie
Partner, New York
Alfred Browne
Partner, Boston
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers and Acquisitions
Tax
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Admissions & credentials

New York

Rankings & accolades

The Best Lawyers in America (2019)


Memberships & affiliations

American Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York