The entertainment team at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP focuses on M&A deals within the industry, advising clients across a range of industries, including television, radio, publishing, and streaming. New York-based Jonathan Levitsky and Emily Huang lead the team. Levitsky brings expertise in M&A deals and works with PE firms in the industry. Huang focuses on M&A, working with a variety of sports teams in the sector.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings
- Cohen Private Ventures
- DoubleVerify
- National Football League
- NEP Group
- Roku
- Verizon Communications
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Warner Music Group
- Windstream Holdings
Work highlights
Represented Cohen Private Ventures in its sale of the Syracuse Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones to Diamond Baseball Holdings.
Represented the CEO of Endeavor in it’s $13bn take-private sale to Silver Lake.
Represented Warner Music Group in its joint venture with Bain Capital to purchase up to $1.2bn of music catalogues across both recorded music and music publishing.
Practice head
Jonathan Levitsky, Emily Huang