Lions Gate Entertainment $4.4 billion acquisition of Starz

Overview:

• Lions Gate Entertainment has acquired cable television network Starz in a $4.4 billion deal.
• The combined annual revenue of the two companies tops $4 billion.
• Talks about a merger between the two became known back in February 2015.
• Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Dentons advised Lions Gate.
• Baker Botts (Renee Wilm, Jonathan Gordon, Buzz McGrath, Courtney York, Andrew Thomison, Stephen Weissman, Paul Cuomo) advised Starz.
• Weil Gotshal & Manges (Michael Lubowitz, Joseph Allerhand) represented the Starz special committee of the board of directors. 

Kurt Stumpo - Journalist - North America and the Caribbean