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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

This partially explains why sports investment banking has become a hot field, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs launching their own sports coverage groups. We’ll do a full breakdown of the sector here, but as usual, we need to start with the definitions, trends, and drivers: Table Of Contents What is Sports Investment Banking?

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Next Level of Video Game Dealmaking in Sight

The Deal

TTWO) and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC on notice. Savvy Gaming Group , funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund , agreed to pay $4.9 said it would buy “Angry Birds” maker Rovio Entertainment Oyj for about $775 million. Bulge-bracket deal expectations may also be a factor. “I

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Cooley’s 2023 Tech M&A Year in Review: An AI-Generated Glass Half Full

Cooley M&A

As a result, private debt providers and the syndicated market increasingly are competing on pricing and covenant packages to win new acquisition financing mandates, and many bulge bracket banks are sponsoring their own private debt funds. Still, average leverage levels in sponsor buyouts declined from 7.1x in 2022 to 5.9x

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