Fantex, the San Francisco company planning to sell shares of professional athletes, has kicked off its first IPO road show to back an offering for the San Francisco 49ers' Vernon Davis.
Finn Partners handles PR for Fantex and is supporting the 11-day road show from San Jose to New York through Feb. 14. FP managing partner Howard Solomon heads the account.
Fantex will peddle 421K $10 shares in Davis, a start tight end for the 49ers, an investment representing 10% of his projected future income through salary, endorsements and appearance fees, among other deals.
The company first planned an IPO for Houston Texans' running back Arian Foster, but he was injured in the 2013 season.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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