ESM – Corporate

The Hollywood Reporter (2026)

Legal 500 (2026)

Variety (2025)

Variety (2026)

Content Partners Capital (CPC), the private capital division of Content Partners, in a $20 million financing transaction with Electric Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind television series Leverage, The Librarians and The Ark.

Department M, the film and television production company founded by producers Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, in its acquisition of a majority equity stake in Neon, the leading independent studio behind award-winning films including Parasite, Anora, I, Tonya, and Longlegs.

Easttree Media, an affiliate of BlackRock, which provides actors, writers, directors, producers and other rights holders with the ability to monetize all or part of their participation interests, in connection with several income rights acquisitions of the world’s most iconic film and television shows.

Flagstar Bank as one of the financiers in media and technology company GoDigital’s recent $230 million funding to launch its new music and media divisions.

Gulfstream Pictures in connection with its financing and distribution deals with Amazon MGM for its major independent feature film, Pretty Lethal (formerly Ballerina Overdrive), starring Uma Thurman and Maddie Ziegler.

HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), a South Korean entertainment lifestyle platform company, in the $1 billion acquisition of Ithaca Holdings, a fully integrated media company with interests across music, tech, film, television, brands and culture.

Indian Paintbrush, the production company behind films including The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs and Conclave, in its acquisition of The Criterion Collection and Janus Films, the leading distributors of classic and contemporary cinema.

Jon Favreau, award-winning actor, director and producer on various aspects of his business ventures, including in connection with creative studio Fairview Portals’ groundbreaking partnership with Apple to develop immersive content for the Apple Vision Pro.

Lead arrangers in connection with a $15 billion equivalent Term Loan B for a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, to refinance its existing $15 billion bridge facility.

Morgan Stanley and Lion Tree, as financial advisers for MGM Studios, in connection with Amazon’s acquisition of MGM Studios for $8.45 billion in a move that added a catalog of more than 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows to Amazon’s portfolio.

Marc Forster, acclaimed director known for films including World War Z and Monster’s Ball, and producing partner Renee Wolfe, in the formation and initial capitalization of World Wide Word, a new film production and financing company, including its financing and production of the upcoming Angelina Jolie film Anxious People, and other projects.

Morgan Stanley in providing $12 billion committed bridge financing to support Fox Corporation’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku.

Participant Media, the film company behind Academy Award-winning films including Green Book and Spotlight, in the sale of its film library to Content Partners.

VICE Studios, the film and television division of VICE Media, in various matters, including:
• Its selection of ITV Studios as its exclusive global distribution partner, adding nearly 2,000 hours of VICE content to ITV’s catalog and covering future projects in the VICE Studios pipeline.
• A multimillion-dollar credit facility with Western Alliance Bank to finance new film and television content.

Vine Alternative Investments and several Vine-managed funds in connection with the sale of a portfolio of film, television and music assets comprising more than 550 feature films, over 2,000 hours of television programming and over 450 songs to Shamrock Capital’s Content Strategy, which acquires and finances premium content and media rights across film, television, music, sports, video games and other content-related formats.