Omeed M. Anvar

omeed.anvar@lw.com

+1.424.653.5507

Profile

Omeed Anvar is an associate in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins.

Mr. Anvar represents studios, production companies, streaming platforms, sports teams and governing bodies, content distributors, financial institutions, investors, high-level individual talent, and other sports, entertainment and media clients on complex mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, equity and debt financing transactions, content production, financing and distribution arrangements, personal services agreements, sponsorship agreements, and the capitalization, formation, and launch of new media platforms.

Mr. Anvar earned his JD from Stanford Law School, where he was the president of the Stanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association. Prior to law school, Mr. Anvar served as a media monitor in the White House.

Experience

Mr. Anvar’s experience includes representing:

Blue Owl HomeCourt Partners in connection with the acquisition of the majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets
MACRO in a US$100 million minority investment led by BlackRock
Endeavor in its US$775 million sale of a majority interest in Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
Endeavor in its acquisition of a majority stake in the premium hospitality company On Location Experiences and related negotiation of On Location’s long-term commercial partnership with the NFL
A24 Films, in a wide range of production, distribution, joint venture, acquisition, and financing transactions, including its senior secured revolving credit facility and multi-project production facility
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in a range of corporate transactions, including its co-financing arrangement with BRON Creative and US$8.45 billion sale to Amazon, Inc.
Intuit Inc., in its exclusive naming rights partnership for the Intuit Dome, the future home of the Los Angeles Clippers
Self Financial in its jersey patch and corporate sponsorship deal with the San Antonio Spurs
Tom Brady in brand ambassador engagements, intellectual property licenses, and corporate ventures
Sinclair Broadcast Group in its US$10.6 billion acquisition of the former Fox regional sports networks from Disney
Sony Pictures Entertainment in connection with its approximately US$1.2 billion acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T and the approximately US$1 billion acquisition of GSN Games by Scopely
New Republic Pictures in its co-financing and distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures to finance a slate of ten motion pictures including Mission: Impossible 7 and Top Gun: Maverick
Mast-Jägermeister in connection with its investment in Teremana, the tequila founded by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Silver Lake Partners in its acquisition of TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
Silver Lake Partners in its minority investment into the Ambassador Theatre Group
A group of US sports and media investors in a strategic partnership with the International Basketball Association (FIBA) to invest in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) and other global basketball competitions
A direct lender in a senior secured loan to a leading independent music company
Honey Science Corporation in connection with its US$4 billion acquisition by Paypal\Nestlé in connection with its acquisition of a majority interest in Freshly.com

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

California

Education

JD, Stanford Law School, 2018
Gerald Gunther Prize for Outstanding Performance, Judge Thelton E. Henderson Award
BS in Business Administration, University of Southern California, 2013
summa cum laude, Trustee Scholar