Sean A. Monroe

Experience: Representative Matters: Advised Paramount Global, Warner Bros. Discovery, and The CW Network in a definitive agreement for Nexstar Media Group to acquire a 75% ownership interest in The CW television network.; Represented AT&T Inc. and WarnerMedia in selling the TMZ television production to Fox Corp.; Represented The Friedkin Group in its controlling stake acquisition of the professional Italian football club AS Roma.; Represented The Friedkin Group in its acquisition of the French professional football club AS Cannes.; Advised 30WEST, a leading-edge investment and advisory company focused on film, media, and other areas of popular culture, in its acquisition of majority ownership in NEON, the leading theatrical marketing and distribution company in the independent film space and Altitude Film Entertainment, a vertically integrated film company encompassing production, finance, international sales and UK distribution.; Led the M&A team representing Chenghe Acquisition II Co., a special purpose acquisition company, in the negotiation and execution of a business combination agreement with Polibeli Group Ltd., a B2B e-commerce platform headquartered in Indonesia.; Advised CODE Advisors in the sale of the boutique investment bank specializing in tech and media capital raising and M&A to the Raine Group.; Guided Cresco Labs, a vertically integrated multistate operator, in its acquisition of Laurel Harvest Labs, LLC.; Counseled the corporate venture capital division of a leading telecommunications company on numerous corporate venture capital investments supporting and funding tech startups with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.; Represented PartnersAdmin LLC in its sale to TMF Group, a provider of global administrative services, including fund accounting and administration.; Advised Endeavor in its acquisition of branding and marketing firm 160over90.; Represented Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd. in its purchase of a minority stake in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Pictures production company.; Served as co-counsel to Charles King and MACRO in the launch of MACRO, King's groundbreaking new media company targeting the multicultural market.; Served as co-counsel to Participant Media in numerous M&A transactions involving entertainment and media businesses, including: Its acquisition of an equity stake in the Evolution Media Capital Growth Fund sponsored by TPG Growth, the tech-media focused growth equity investment platform of global investment firm TPG.; Its acquisition of Documentary Channel, Inc. and Halogen Networks, and the negotiation of affiliation agreements with DirecTV and DISH Networks.; Its investment in Cineflix Media, a Canadian television production and distribution company.; The sale of its equity position in Summit Entertainment to Lion's Gate Entertainment.; Advised Shine Limited in (i) its $125 million acquisition of the Reveille independent television production business, (ii) multiple executive employment matters and litigation, and (iii) Shine's $675 million sale to News Corporation.; Advised Legendary Entertainment in its acquisition of Asylum Entertainment, and in other corporate, refinancing, and M&A matters.; Represented Zenith Energy Terminals in its acquisition of three interconnected terminals in greater Los Angeles from Plains All American Pipeline.; Advised ConAm Management Corporation in the formation of the ConAm Muiltifamily Acquisition Fund, and ConAm's real estate joint venture, financing, and property acquisition matters.; Represented Cerberus Capital Management in its investment in Spyglass Entertainment and its subsequent sale to Metro Goldwyn Mayer in a pre-packaged bankruptcy.; Represented Berkeley Research Group, Lincoln International, Morgan Stanley, Houlihan Lokey, and other financial advisors in their role providing fairness and solvency opinions and valuation analyses in public and private transactions.; Represented Goldman Sachs in the structuring and closing of its US$7.5 billion flagship private equity fund.; Represented Caltius Private Equity Partners in the sale of the Davexlabs hair-care business to Westview Capital Partners.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Monroe prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.