Polsky, Rachelle

Rachelle A. Polsky

Associate

rachelle.polsky@lw.com
    Polsky, Rachelle

    Rachelle A. Polsky

    Associate

    rachelle.polsky@lw.com

    Profile

    Rachelle Polsky is a corporate associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

    Rachelle advises private and public companies, private equity firms, and strategic investors on a wide range of matters across various business sectors, including the media, sports and entertainment, technology, retail and consumer, and healthcare industries. Her experience includes domestic and cross-border:

    • Public and private mergers and acquisitions
    • Controlling and minority investments
    • Carve-outs
    • Venture capital financings

    Before joining Latham full-time, Rachelle was a summer associate in the New York office. While attending law school, she was a member of Fordham’s Dispute Resolution Society and the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal.

    Prior to and during law school, Rachelle worked in the international legal & business affairs department of a mini-major film studio and as a paralegal at a boutique entertainment law firm in New York City.

    Experience

    Rachelle's experience includes representing:

    • Skydance Media in its pending merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
    • Silver Lake on numerous transactions, including its:
      • Lead participation, along with DigitalBridge, in a US$9.2 billion equity investment round by Vantage Data Centers
      • Investment in ProService
      • US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
      • Acquisition of, and numerous transactions for, TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
    • KKR on numerous transactions, including its investment in BlueSprig Pediatrics
    • TPG’s Integrated Media Company on numerous transactions, including its acquisition of StackSocial
    • Purigen Biosystems in its acquisition by Bionano Genomics
    • Fandom in its:
      • US$146.3 million sale of D&D Beyond to Hasbro
      • Acquisition of a portfolio of entertainment and gaming brands from Red Ventures
    • NVIDIA in its potential US$40 billion acquisition of Arm
    • Vroom in its acquisition of CarStory
    • Postmates in its US$2.65 billion sale to Uber Technologies
    • Aimmune in its US$2.6 billion acquisition by Nestlé
    • Invictus Growth Partners in its acquisition of Revation Systems (n/k/a LinkLive)

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California
    • New York

    Education

    • JD, Fordham University School of Law, 2018
      cum laude
    • B.Comm. in International Management, McGill University, 2012

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

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    July 8, 2024 Our Work

    Latham & Watkins Represents Skydance Media and Investor Group in Definitive Agreements With Paramount Global and National Amusements

    M&A team represents Skydance Media in merger with Paramount, valuing New Paramount at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion and Skydance at US$4.75 billion, and an Investor Group (comprising the Ellison Family and RedBird Capital Partners) in an over US$8 billion investment in Paramount Global and to acquire National Amusements, Inc.
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