The Telecom Group at Cowen specializes in providing value-added advice towards the execution of sound financial and strategic transactions for our clients.   Our clients are typically fast-growing communications companies with innovative new technologies, services, or applications, who are seeking financing alternatives or strategic opportunities.  These top communications companies consistently look to Cowen for timely advice and superior execution of creative and high-profile transactions across a broad range of telecom subsectors, such as:

• Data Center, Colocation, Managed Services, Neutral Interconnection
• IP Network Services
• Content Distribution Networks
• CLECs, DLECs, ICPs, ISPs, DSL
• Metro and Long Haul Fiber Optic Networks
• Fixed and Mobile Wireless and Satellite Telephony
• Wireless Data and Wireless Media
• VoIP
• Overbuilders or Integrated Broadband Voice, Data, & Video

Professionals within the Telecom Group have a long history of providing advice, guidance and execution expertise on financing transactions for our clients, including successfully completing private equity raises, initial public offerings (“IPOs”), follow-on and secondary common stock offerings, private investments in public entities (“PIPEs“), arranging debt financings, high yield offerings, and convertible transactions. 

Cowen’s telecom practice has also been responsible for completing significant mergers & acquisitions, and strategic transactions for our communications clients, including providing fairness opinions to these companies and their Boards of Directors on such transactions when requested.

Recent transactions include:

• Cogent Communications:  $200MM Convertible Note Offering
• BladeLogic:  $85MM IPO
• Terremark: $88MM Follow-On Offering
• BigBand Networks: $160MM IPO
• PolyCom: $220MM Acquisition of SpectraLink
• SAVVIS: $297MM Follow-On Offering
• Arbinet The Exchange: $114MM IPO
• InterNap:  $53MM Follow-On Offering
• Equinix: $75MM Convertible Note Offering