Edward Thorn directs the department of Mergers and Acquisitions of the firm

He has an AB Degree from University of California, Berkeley. He has dedicated more than 20 years to Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications industry, both in Europe and in the United States.

In 1983 he founded Cable Properties, Inc., a company dedicated to the intermediation in the American markets of cable television and cellular telephony. In 1994 he expanded, opening offices in London and in Munich, and began his activities in the European telecommunications market, with a particular focus on East Germany and the developing markets of central Europe.

In 1996 he opened an office in Madrid, where he represented various American companies in the process of obtaining license for broadband services. Later, Thorn participated in the formation of Worldport Communications, and he helped the company win the second license for fixed telephony in the Netherlands; Worldport was later sold to the British utility, Energis plc, for more than 500 million dollars.

Beginning in 2000 Thorn collaborated with the firm on numerous transactions from his base in Chicago. In September of 2002, Thorn transferred to Madrid where he was made a partner and was tasked with the creation of the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions, of which he was named Director. After hiring and training a staff, Thorn returned to Chicago and turned his focus to the Latin American and Caribbean markets. Today he represents the firm in transactions throughout the Americas.