Role

Adam Jaffe is a Managing Director in Media. He joined the firm in 2010.

Experience

Adam has over 13 years of experience advising private, public, and private-equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, private capital raises, and other financial advisory assignments across the Media & Entertainment sector with a particular focus on site-based / experiential entertainment.

 

Select publicly announced, completed advisory transactions include:

  • Grand Theatres and Amstar Cinemas on its sale to Santikos Entertainment
  • Swingers on its $52 million growth equity raise
  • Scene75 on its sale to Five Star Parks & Attractions
  • Hollywood Bowl on its acquisition of Splitsville Entertainment
  • Bow Tie on its sale of theatres to AMC Entertainment
  • Puttshack on its $60 million growth equity raise
  • Banijay on its $2.2 billion acquisition of EndemolShine Group
  • Vivendi on its $3.4 billion sale of a 10% stake in UMG to a consortium led by Tencent
  • IPIC on its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and $56 million sale to RSA
  • MJR Digital Cinemas on its $152 million sale to Kinepolis
  • Len Riggio on the sale of his 19% stake in Barnes & Noble’s $683 million sale to Elliott Management
  • Moviehouse & Eatery on its sale to Cinepolis
  • Movie Tavern on its $139 million sale to Marcus Theatres
  • Cobb Theatres on its $185 million sale to Cinemex
  • Santikos in the sale of its Houston properties to Regal
  • Special Committee of NCM in connection with AMC matters
  • Marcus Theatres on its $65 million acquisition of Wehrenberg Theatres
  • Starplex Cinemas on its $172 million sale to AMC Theatres
  • American Greetings in the $814 million go-private sale of the company to the Weiss Family (control shareholder)
  • Office Depot on its $6.3 billion sale to Staples (terminated)
  • Office Depot on its $1.2 billion acquisition of OfficeMax
  • Sony on its $2.2 billion acquisition of EMI Music Publishing

 

Adam lives Westport, CT with his wife, three children and a French Bulldog.

Education

Adam holds a MMS in Management Studies from The Fuqua School of Business and a BS in Economics also from Duke University.

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