Owen Blicksilver PR is handling today’s news that Colony Capital agreed to pump a cash infusion into embattled The Weinstein Co. and to negotiate the acquisition of the entire company or key assets.
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The immediate investment will help stabilize TWC’s operations and “provide comfort to our critical distribution, production and talent partners around the world,” said board member Tarak Ben Ammar in a statement.
Colony is the private equity arm of Colony Northstar, which has $56B in assets under management.
It has worked with TWC through a joint venture established with Miramax to develop content from its library.
Tom Barrack, who founded Colony in 1991, is a key advisor to President Trump. He also helped stave off foreclosure of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.
Kristin Celauro, Blicksilver managing director, represents Colony in the deal.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
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.
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