Media & Entertainment

RECENT TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE

The team’s extensive track record includes working with clients such as:

• GSTV on its sale to MidOcean
• The Transaction Committee of VOXX’s Board of Directors on its sale to Gentex Corporation OUTFRONT Media on its sale of its Canadian business to Bell Media
• Ares in connection with a senior secured credit facility to an out of home media business
• Special Committee of SiriusXM’s Board of Directors on Sirius XM’s combination with Liberty SiriusXM Trading Stock Group
• Valpak on its sale to AmatoMartin
• Swingers on its capital raise led by Cain International
• New Tradition Media on its majority investment from Blackstone
• UBG on its sale of a multi-decade lease of Times Square signage to Providence in partnership with OUTFRONT Media
• AMI Entertainment on its sale to Coral Tree Partners
• Interstate Chicago, a JV between Interstate and Foster Interstate, on its sale of a majority stake in Interstate JCDecaux to JCDecaux
• HIG Capital on its acquisition of Watchfire Signs
• AMI Entertainment on a financing from Fifth Third Bank
• Hollywood Bowl Group on its acquisition of Splitsville Entertainment
• Pacific Outdoor Advertising on the sale of its Portland portfolio and other assets to OUTFRONT Media
• Bow Tie Cinemas in its sale of theatres to AMC Theatres
• Adams Outdoor on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
• CityBridge, the operator of LinkNYC, in a financing commitment by ZenFi Networks
• Foris Outdoor on its sale to Alight Media
• Puttshack on a growth capital raise led by Promethean Investments
• AMI Entertainment on a financing from Marathon Asset Management
• Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital
• Mood Media on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring
• Ares on the $400M preferred investment by Ares and Providence in OUTFRONT Media
• Star Cinema Grill on its sale to CMX Cinemas
• Vivendi on the sale of its 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a consortium led by Tencent
• Netflix on its acquisition of certain out of home media assets
• Banijay Group on its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group from joint owners Apollo and Disney/Fox
• MJR Digital Cinemas in its sale to Kinepolis Group
• Barnes & Noble founder, chairman and 19% equity holder Len Riggio on the sale of the company to Elliott Management, owner of Waterstones
• Total Outdoor on its sale of select assets to each of American Tower, New Tradition, OUTFRONT Media, and Pacific Outdoor
• Broadsign on its acquisition of Ayuda Media Systems
• Movie Tavern on its sale to Marcus Theatres
• Exterion Media on its sale to Global
• Consortium of iSubscribed, WndrCo, and General Catalyst on the acquisition of Intersections
• AMI Entertainment on its sale to The Gores Group
• PatientPoint on its capital raise to build out digital media across its physician offices and hospitals network
• GSTV, Rockbridge Growth Equity, and Verifone on the joint venture between GSTV and Verifone’s PetroMedia businesses
• Cieslok Media on its sale to Bell Media
• Vector Media on its sale of equity to Spire Capital
• RevZilla on its sale of equity to J.W. Childs (Prospect Hill Growth Partners)
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its acquisition of TouchTunes Interactive Networks
• OUTFRONT Media (formerly CBS Outdoor) on its acquisition of the major market outdoor advertising portfolio of Van Wagner
• Special Committee of the National CineMedia Board of Directors on its sale to Fathom Events to its founding members
• MediaNews Group in its acquisition of 21st Century Media
• Digital video news provider in connection with its sale to E.W. Scripps Company
• Special Committee of American Greeting’s Board of Directors in a “going private” transaction with the Weiss Family
• Discovery Communications on its sale of CSS Studios LLC to Empire Investment Holdings
• Sony and its investor group on its acquisition of EMI Music Publishing
• Zagat on its sale to Google
• eBay on its acquisition of GSI Commerce
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Six Flags Chapter 11 bankruptcy