“Really excellent knowledge of the market and is highly commercial.”
Chambers USA 2025
"Expert in handling complex media and entertainment M&As, joint ventures, capital raises and financings."
Legal 500 US 2025
"He is exceptional, efficient and smart. He is creative in finding solutions, works very hard and quickly."
Chambers USA 2024
"He is an excellent corporate attorney but also great at understanding the entertainment industry, so he has a great sense of the market and how deals are put together."
Chambers USA 2024
Ranked – Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Chambers USA 2023
"Rick is incredible. He is just an outstanding lawyer able to offer an entertainment lawyer's perspective but also M&A muscle."
Chambers USA 2023
"Great at entertainment transactions and extremely helpful on the commercial side."
The Legal 500 US 2023
Legal Impact Report
Variety 2020-2023
Power Lawyers
The Hollywood Reporter 2021-2025
Ranked – Media & Entertainment: Transactional (California)
Chambers USA 2022
Profile
Rick Offsay, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice, provides strategic advice to clients on a full spectrum of complex transactions across the entertainment, sports, and media industries.
Rick combines sophisticated industry knowledge with a deep understanding of the businesses of both investors and strategics to help clients navigate:
Mergers and acquisitions
Strategic joint ventures and capital raises
Financing transactions
Complex commercial arrangements
He devises creative transaction structures to help clients maximize opportunities and deploy capital across geographies and in a wide range of industry sectors, including film, television, and other content production, financing, and distribution; live events; music; sports; and digital and interactive media.
Rick serves on the firm’s Mentoring Committee and previously was on the firm’s former Diversity Leadership Committee.
Experience
Rick’s experience includes representing:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Content Partners in film and television library acquisitions
Endeavor in its pending US$13 billion sale to Silver Lake
Endeavor in its US$21 billion merger of UFC and WWE
Endeavor in its US$775 million sale of a majority interest in Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
Endeavor in acquisitions and investments involving Asylum Entertainment Group, Barrett Jackson and Reigning Champs
Entertainment Studios (Allen Media Group) in acquisitions of multiple broadcast television stations
Houston Rockets in the acquisition of AT&T SportsNet Southwest with the Houston Astros
JTBC/SLL in acquiring a majority interest in Wiip, a production company founded by CAA
Legendary Entertainment in its sale to Dalian Wanda
MarVista Entertainment in its sale to Fox Entertainment
Mediawan in acquiring a controlling stake in Plan B, Brad Pitt’s content production company
MGM in its US$8.45 billion merger with Amazon
MGM in its acquisition of full ownership of EPIX from Lionsgate, Viacom, and Paramount
Silver Lake Partners in acquiring TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
Shamrock Capital in its acquisition of multiple film, television, and music libraries, including from Vine Alternative Investments
Skydance Media in its pending merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion and Skydance at US$4.75 billion
Sonar Entertainment in its sale to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Univision Communications in its bankruptcy acquisition of assets of the Gawker Media Group
Strategic Joint Ventures and Capital Raises
AGBO, the independent production studio led by directors Joe and Anthony Russo, in its formation and financings
Amazon in its arrangements with Diamond Sports Group
Brad Weston in his arrangement with Entertainment One to create Makeready, a global content production company
Carlyle in its investment in Entertainment 360
Carlyle in investing in Litmus Music, a platform formed to acquire and manage music assets
Mattel in multiple cross-border strategic investments and joint-ventures
Media Res in its investment from Redbird IMI
MGM in forming production company UAMG with producer Mark Burnett and subsequently acquiring full ownership of UAMG
Participant Media in its joint venture with DreamWorks Studios and Steven Spielberg to form Amblin Partners
Shamrock Capital in its investment in SaveLive, a live events platform that partners with iconic venues and promoters
Silver Lake in its strategic investment in Shadowbox Studios, a premium operator of soundstage facilities
Skydance in its arrangements with the NFL to create a joint venture focused on premium sports content
Skydance Media in its capital raise transactions with KKR, CJ ENM, and Redbird Capital
TPG and in its establishment The Initial Group Global, and their investments in Untitled Entertainment and Grandview Entertainment
Univision in several joint venture arrangements, including its investment in and media rights arrangement with mixed martial arts promoter Combate Global
Warner Bros. in investing in Spyglass Entertainment and PictureStart, as well as its joint venture with Universal Pictures to form Studio Distribution Services
Financing Transactions
Amblin Partners in its senior secured credit facility
An international production company in its senior secured and mezzanine financings
Boatrocker Studios in its senior secured credit facility
Carlyle in its senior secured financing with Park County, the producer of South Park and Book of Mormon
HPS Investment Partners in providing debt financing for CVC’s investment in Ligue 1
HPS Investment Partners in a debt financing for a leading independent music company
HPS Investment Partners in its financing for Iconic Artists Group
Legendary Entertainment in numerous senior credit, mezzanine, and single-project financings
Skydance Media in its senior secured credit facility
STX Entertainment in its senior secured and mezzanine financings
Complex Commercial Arrangements
Amblin Partners, MGM, and Makeready in output distribution arrangements with major studios
Illumination Entertainment in its arrangements with Nintendo and Universal Pictures in connection with the Super Mario film franchise
Legendary Entertainment in a wide range of single and multi-project co-production and distribution arrangements
Mattel and Tencent Pictures in co-production arrangements with major studios and streaming platforms
The International Olympic Committee in major broadcast and new media license agreements*
Univision in its strategic licensing arrangements with Grupo Televisa*
Yoozoo Pictures in its arrangements with Netflix for a tentpole sci-fi series
Firm’s M&A and Private Equity Practice earned top rankings across global, regional, and industry league tables, highlighting market leadership on the range of sophisticated transactions.
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