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Freshfields advises Endeavor Executive Chairman in Silver Lake take-private deal

Apr 4 2024

A Freshfields team in New York and Silicon Valley is representing Patrick Whitesell, the Executive Chairman of Endeavor, in connection with the Company’s pending sale to Silver Lake. Silver Lake will acquire Endeavor at an equity value of $13 billion and a total consolidated enterprise value of $25 billion. The transaction represents the largest sponsor-backed take-private in the last ten years and the largest ever take-private in the Media and Entertainment sector.        

The Freshfields team included corporate/M&A lawyers Damien Zoubek, Paul Humphreys, Scott Blumenkranz, Alex Mieszkalski and Casey Hagen; tax lawyers Joe Soltis and Courtney Canning; and executive compensation and benefits lawyer Brandon Gantus.

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New York

Damien Zoubek

Partner, Co-Head of US Corporate and M&A
New York

Paul Humphreys

Office Managing Partner, New York
Redwood City (Silicon Valley), San Francisco

Scott Blumenkranz

Partner
New York

Casey Hagen

Associate
New York

Joe Soltis

Partner
New York

Courtney Canning

Senior Associate
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