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...“DNF Mobile is a big franchise with a pre-existing fan base,” said Robin Zhu, China internet analyst at Bernstein....
...In 2012, the Dodgers franchise was bought at auction by an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, a then-obscure, new-ish money manager headquartered in Chicago with a large office in Santa Monica, California...
...SVB Financial bought the healthcare-focused advisory business for $280mn in 2019 as it tried to bolster its growing investment banking franchise....
...M&A lawyer Jon Bowden has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner in Singapore. He joins from White & Case....
...firm Reverence Capital Partners....
...Aston Martin puts a new driver in the hot seat The hardest part of keeping the James Bond franchise alive is changing the lead....
...Private equity giant Apollo Global Management has led an acquisition of the songbook of Luis Fonsi, the artist behind the smash hit Despacito — Wall Street’s latest pursuit of music copyrights as a machine...
...Hult has been the driving force behind many of Tradeweb’s most successful US businesses, including the mortgage and Treasury franchises....
...Since then Ravitch has worked on deals involving more than 20 teams across different sports, including Joe Tsai’s Brooklyn Nets, David Beckham’s Inter Miami and Steve Ballmer’s Clippers basketball franchise...
...Square Pegs: Smash Your Strategy into Shape....
...HSBC has hired Sarah Wiggins, a partner at Linklaters, to a new role as vice-chair in its global banking division....
...In the Mission: Impossible franchise he jumps from buildings and hangs off planes....
...Harris made a name for himself at Apollo’s buyout franchise — a business that has rarely looked stronger....
...“It was the brainchild of my founding partner, Marc Rowan,” Black has said....
...Private capital goes to bat for in-person sports recovery Sixth Street Partners has been known to buy the dip: the private capital group helped to raise $1bn in debt and equity for the short-term rental...
...In September it agreed to a deal for a UK joint franchise with Next after its business there was put into administration....
...One of these investments was into a fund that helped finance the films Rocketman, the Elton John biopic, and latest in the Men in Black franchise....
...the aim of acquiring a sports franchise....
...For two decades, Apollo has been dominated by a ruling triumvirate led by Mr Black with his partners Marc Rowan and Josh Harris....
...Providence Equity Partners has promoted Davis Noell and David Phillips to senior managing directors and North American co-heads in New York, as well as Karim Tabet and Andrew Tisdale as European-co-heads...
...The law firm K&L Gates has hired Bonita Black as a partner in its corporate practice. She joins the firm’s Charlotte office from Dinsmore & Shohl....
...Larry Brandman and Neil Pigott joined Boies Schiller Flexner as partners in the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Baker McKenzie hired Marc Thorley as a partner on its dispute resolution team in London....
...“Essentially your entire PE, VC industry comes to a grinding halt,” said Rehan Yar Khan, managing partner at Orios Venture Partners, who had just raised a fund with commitments from investors in Hong Kong...
...The ability to maintain quality control at sprawling professional services firms, which operate as a combination of partnerships and franchises, has long been a subject of debate in the sector....
...Other affiliates specialise in jet leases, franchise loans and other attractive niches....
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