The Firm represented The Carlyle Group in its sale of MBS Media Campus and MBS Services to Hackman Capital Partners. The transaction closed on July 31, 2019.
The MBS Group is one of the largest providers of entertainment, arts and media production studio services and equipment support in the United States. MBS Media Campus is a Manhattan Beach studio and office space.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Scott Kobak, Kathryn Christoforatos, Rachel Stein and Stephanie Brenner (Real Estate); Ben Schaye, Shaun Levor and Lanna Lan (M&A); Nancy Mehlman, Sophie Staples and Sergio Torres (Tax); Andrew Blau and Monisha Bhayana (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Lori Lesser, Genevieve Dorment and Alysha Sekhon (Intellectual Property); and Peter Guryan and Kelly Karapetyan (Antitrust).