Daniel Weissman

daniel.weissman@lw.com

+1.212.906.1356

Profile

Daniel Weissman is a corporate associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Daniel advises public and private companies, private equity funds, and strategic investors on a wide range of transactions in a broad cross-section of industries, including media and entertainment, sports, technology, retail and consumer, industrial, healthcare, and hospitality.

Daniel’s practice includes advising on:

Public and private M&A transactions
Leveraged buy-outs
Co-investments
Joint ventures
Carve-outs
Restructuring transactions
General corporate matters, including corporate governance

Experience

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

Endeavor in a variety of transactions, including its:
- Pending US$13 billion sale to Silver Lake
- Pending US$3.25 billion sale of Professional Bull Riders, IMG, and On Location to TKO
- Pending sale of OpenBet and IMG ARENA
- 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*
TKO in a variety of transactions
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
Apollo in a number of transactions, including its:
- US$3.6 billion pending acquisition of Barnes Group Inc.
- Acquisition of the Cox Media Group’s broadcast television group, newspaper, and radio station portfolios*
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
Marubeni Growth Capital US in its acquisition of RG Barry Brands
Astorg Asset Management in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of Acsel Health
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*
General Electric in the sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher for US$21.4 billion*