Verizon Wireless purchased the operating assets of West Virginia Wireless, owned by Key Communications, LLC, a closely held group of private equity investors that established West Virginia Wireless in 2002.  Gould & Ratner LLP represented Key Communications since its inception and attorneys Brian Gilbert, Joe Laub, Joe Marzo and Gerry Fellows represented Key Communications in this transaction.   The purchase includes West Virginia Wireless’ spectrum licenses and related operations.  The acquired licenses cover a population of 1.2 million people, include 22 counties in West Virginia, five in Kentucky, three in Virginia and two in Ohio.  In addition to the state capital,  Charleston, the coverage area includes The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs and Marshall University in Huntington.  Gould & Ratner services for this client included M&A counseling and execution, entity formation and inter-member debt and equity structuring issues, state and local tax advice and other corporate transactional services  For more information about this transaction, please contact Brian Gilbert at 312.899.1690 or bgilbert@gouldratner.com.