Daniel Weissman

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

• Macquarie Asset Management on its US$40 billion sale of Aligned Data Centers to a consortium of investors
• The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners on its US$47 billion investment in Paramount Skydance in connection with the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
• Silver Lake on multiple transactions, including:
  • The US$55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts as part of an investor consortium
  • Its US$12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics
  • Its acquisition of TEG, an Australia-based live entertainment and ticketing company
• Apollo on multiple transactions, including:
  • Its US$3.6 billion acquisition of Barnes Group
  • Its acquisition of Cox Media Group’s broadcast television group, newspaper, and radio station portfolios*
• KKR on multiple transactions, including:
  • Its joint venture with BMG to acquire music rights
  • Its acquisition of a majority stake in Ryan Tedder and OneRepublic’s music catalog
• Dynasty Equity on:
  • Its investment in Liverpool F.C.
  • Its investment in the NFL’s partnership with TMRW Sports, a sports venture platform, to launch a new professional flag football league
• Marubeni Growth Capital US on its acquisition of RG Barry Brands
• Astorg Asset Management on multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Acsel Health

Strategic M&A Transactions

• Endeavor on multiple transactions, including:
  • Its US$13 billion sale to Silver Lake
  • Its US$3.25 billion sale of Professional Bull Riders, IMG, and On Location to TKO
  • The sale of its international tennis events portfolio, including the ATP 1000 and WTA 1000 tournaments, Miami Open, and Mutua Madrid Open, to MARI
  • Its sale of OpenBet
  • Its sale of IMG Arena to Sportradar
  • Its sale of Frieze to MARI
  • Its sale of its majority ownership interest in Barrett-Jackson to MARI
  • Its sale of MainConcept
  • Its sale of WME Basketball
  • Its sale of WME Football
  • UFC and WWE’s US$21 billion merger
  • Its US$1.25 billion sale of IMG Academy
  • Its acquisition of a majority stake in Barrett-Jackson
  • Its US$800 million acquisition of OpenBet from Light & Wonder
  • Its US$775 million sale of Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
  • Its acquisition of multiple MLB Professional Development League Clubs and creating Diamond Baseball Holdings
  • Its sale the Rio Open ATP 500 tournament to Mubadala
  • Its initial public offering
  • The combination of its IMG College business with Learfield Communications*
• Paramount Skydance on its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
• Skydance Media on its merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of about US$28 billion
• TKO on multiple transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of AAA, a leading Lucha Libre promoter
  • Its launch of a boxing promotion with HE Turki Alalshikh and Sela
• UFC on multiple transactions, including Campari Group’s initial minority investment in Howler Head Bourbon, the official flavored whiskey partner of UFC
• WWE on multiple transactions, including its acquisition of leading Mexican lucha libre promotion AAA in partnership with Mexico-based sports and entertainment holding company Fillip
• The Paul Allen Estate in its US$9.6 billion sale of the Seattle Seahawks to an ownership group led by the Khosla family
• Hyundai Motor Group on its acquisition of an 80% interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a transaction valuing Boston Dynamics at US$1.1 billion
• IAC on its sale of Care.com to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners
• An investor on the acquisition of a minority stake in the Philadelphia Phillies
• Boat Rocker Media, a global entertainment company, on its investment in talent management and production company Untitled Entertainment*
• General Electric on the sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher for US$21.4 billion*

SPAC Transactions

• Virgin Galactic on its US$1.5 billion merger with Social Capital Hedosophia
• Virgin Orbit on its US$3.2 billion merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II
• GCM Grosvenor on its US$2 billion merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp.
• Owlet on its US$1.4 billion merger with Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham