Liliana Paparelli Ranger

Liliana's experience includes representing:

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures

• Paramount Skydance Corporation in its pending US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
• Skydance Media in its merger with Paramount to form Paramount Skydance Corporation at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
• Endeavor in its:
  • US$13 billion sale to Silver Lake
  • US$21 billion merger of UFC and WWE
  • US$775 million sale of a majority interest in Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
  • Pending sale of 160over90 to Publicis Groupe
  • Strategic investment in Asylum Entertainment Group
• TPG and The Initial Group Global in its investment in Good World Management
• Houston Rockets in the acquisition of AT&T SportsNet Southwest with the Houston Astros
• NFL Players Association in the recapitalization of the joint venture OneTeam Partners with HPS, Atlantic Park and Morgan Stanley
• Content Partners, in multiple film and television library acquisitions and other M&A transactions, including its acquisition of Forensic Files and Revolution Studios
• Multiple music catalogue acquisitions, including:
  • KKR in its acquisition of the OneRepublic/Ryan Tedder catalogue
  • Eldridge in its acquisition of The Killers catalogue
  • Northleaf in its strategic alliance with Lyric Capital Group for acquisition of Spirit Music publishing assets
• Warner Bros., in several acquisition and strategic joint venture transactions, including its lead investment in PictureStart and its acquisition of DramaFever
• Legendary Entertainment in its US$3.5 billion sale to Dalian Wanda
• Shamrock Capital in its acquisition of multiple film libraries and investment in SaveLive
• beIN Media, in its acquisition of Miramax
• Brad Weston in his arrangement with Entertainment One to create Makeready, a global content production company
• Producer Doug Belgrad, in the formation and capitalization of 2.0 Entertainment, and its studio co-financing arrangements
• Participant Media, in its acquisition of Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake
• Dasym Investment Strategies, in its acquisition of Exclusive Media 

Entertainment Finance

• A24 in its senior secured revolving credit facility, production facilities and various financing matters
• A leading film and television entertainment company in a wide range of corporate financing transactions, including its US$1.7 billion revolving credit facility, US$400 million term loan B, and second lien term loan
• An independent entertainment production and distribution company in its senior secured revolving credit facility and various financing matters
• Boatrocker Studios in its senior secured credit facility
• An entertainment production and financing company in its senior secured credit facility

Strategic Commercial Arrangements

• New Regency in its long-term partnership with Shamrock Capital
• A24 Films, in a wide range of production, distribution, joint venture, acquisition, and financing transactions
• The Walt Disney Company, in certain financing and related strategic arrangements
• MGM and Makeready in output distribution arrangements with major studios
• Spotify in its exclusive first look podcast agreement with J.J. Abrams/Bad Robot
• Yoozoo Pictures in its arrangements with Netflix for the Three-Body Problem sci-fi series
• Westbrook, founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, in a variety of acquisition, development, and financing transactions
• Production company AGBO founded by directors Joe and Anthony Russo, in various development, production, and financing arrangements