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Latham & Watkins Represents Carlyle in Strategic Investment in Entertainment 360
January 30, 2025
Landmark transaction is the first time the premier talent management company has received outside funding.
Entertainment 360, one of the world's premier talent management companies, has announced that it would be receiving an investment from global investment firm Carlyle. The transaction marks the first time in Entertainment 360's 22-year history that the company has received outside funding.
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Carlyle in the investment with a corporate deal team led by New York partners Stelios Saffos and Peter Sluka, Washington, D.C. partner Cory Tull, Century City partner Rick Offsay, and New York partner Andrew Blumenthal, with associates Dustin Davis, Yulong Li, and Edward Wang. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Jocelyn Noll, with associates Jeremiah Cowen and Joyce Shin; on employee benefits by New York partner Austin Ozawa, with associates Anne Bracaglia, Juliet Rognlie, and Kevin Matheny; on labor matters by Los Angeles partner Joe Farrell, with associate Laura Zabele; on IP and data and technology transactions matters by associates Andrew Abokhair and Saul Aguirre-Villarreal; and compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Erin Brown-Jones.