Mr. Seiden is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Finance groups. He has extensive experience in domestic and transnational corporate and commercial transactions, with an emphasis on joint ventures; M&A; financial transactions; and workouts.

Mr. Seiden’s corporate experience includes mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; corporate debt transactions; workouts related to structured finance, derivatives and corporate transactions; and private placements of debt and equity.

Mr. Seiden’s commercial experience includes strategic alliances; commercial agreements; general strategic advice; and agreements for the licensing, development and distribution of intellectual property assets.

Mr. Seiden has represented clients in diverse industry sectors, including: manufacturing; consumer and industrial products; commodities; energy; alternative energy; financial services; private equity; media and entertainment; advertising; computer software; internet tools; and hotels and resorts.

He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and California.

Associations

• New York State Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
  • International Law and Practice Section
  • Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section
    • Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section Executive Committee
    • Publicity, Privacy & Media Committee Co-Chair (2007 - Present)
• California State Bar
• Business Law Section

• Represented financial institutions in workouts related to securitized assets and derivatives.
• Represented purchasers in the acquisition of manufacturing, technology, chemicals, media and out-of-home advertising businesses.
• Represented advertising networks in strategic partnerships, commercial agreements and the licensing, development and implementation of digital distribution platforms.
• Represented a joint venture in restructuring the venture and granting a strategic partner an option to purchase an equity interest.
• Represented a NERC training company in licensing transactions and strategic alliances.
• Represented an internet tools company in its initial public offering.

• Co-authored Brazilian White Paper, “Zapping In: The Brazilian Television Experience,” (2008) for the series of white papers on the television industries in the BRIC countries published by The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (2008)