Daniel Weissman

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

• Endeavor in a variety of transactions, including its:
  • Pending US$21 billion merger of UFC and WWE
  • US$1.25 billion sale of IMG Academy
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Barrett-Jackson
  • US$800 million acquisition of OpenBet from Light & Wonder
  • US$775 million sale of Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
  • Acquisition of multiple MLB Professional Development League Clubs and the creation of Diamond Baseball Holdings
  • Initial public offering
  • Combination of its IMG College business with Learfield Communications*
• UFC in a variety of transactions, including Campari Group’s initial minority investment in Howler Head Bourbon, the official flavored whiskey partner of UFC
• Silver Lake in a variety of transactions, including its:
  • US$12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics
  • Acquisition of TEG, an Australia-based live entertainment and ticketing company
• KKR in a variety of transactions, including its:
  • Joint venture with BMG to acquire music rights
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Ryan Tedder and OneRepublic’s music catalog
• Hyundai Motor Group in its acquisition of an 80% interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a transaction valuing Boston Dynamics at US$1.1 billion
• Virgin Galactic in its US$1.5 billion merger with Social Capital Hedosophia
• Virgin Orbit in its US$3.2 billion merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II
• Owlet in its US$1.4 billion merger with Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation
• GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) in its US$2 billion merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp.
• Boat Rocker Media, a global entertainment company, in its investment in talent management and production company Untitled Entertainment*
• Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of the Cox Media Group’s broadcast television group, newspaper, and radio station portfolios*
• General Electric in the sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher for US$21.4 billion*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham