Rick Offsay – Latham & Watkins LLP Biography
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former Harvard University men’s water polo athlete and assistant coach Rick Offsay ’05 earned some recognition as the Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP is among The Hollywood Reporter‘s Power Lawyers 2022: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys.
A partner in the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice, he provides strategic advice to clients across a broad array of transactions. He represents strategic industry participants (including studios, production companies, networks / streamers, and digital media startups) as well as financial investors (including private equity, alternative lenders, and high net worth individuals), and other entertainment, sports, and media clients.
He helps clients through all stages of the business lifecycle, from equity and debt financing to strategic arrangements to exit transactions, with particular experience structuring joint ventures.
A graduate of the Harvard-Westlake School where he played for former Olympic coach Rich Corso, Offsay served as Harvard team captain during both his junior and senior seasons in 2003 and 2004. The team leader in scoring and named Most Valuable Player during both seasons, he garnered All-Northern First Team honors in both 2003 and 2004.
In 2004, he helped Harvard to a second place finish at the Northern Championship – the team’s best finish at the event in school history – prior to claiming Fourth Place at the Eastern Championship. For his performance, the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) named him an Honorable Mention All-America selection as Offsay became the third Harvard men’s water polo athlete to earn All-America distinction.
Away from Blodgett Pool, he was a member of the Junior National Team in 2001, helped the United States to a Second Place showing at the Pan-American Championships and a Third Place finish at the Moscow Cup. Playing for both the Northeast National Team and the Los Angeles Water Polo Club, Offsay also competed in the United States Premier League following his graduation from Harvard.
A 2005 graduate of Harvard, he served as an assistant coach for four years while pursuing an advanced degree at Harvard Law School prior to graduation in 2009 and accepting a position as an
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Allen Media Group in several acquisitions of broadcast television stations
- Endeavor in multiple acquisitions and dispositions, including its US$775 million sale of a majority interest in Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
- JTBC in its acquisition of a majority interest in the Wiip production company from CAA
- Leading media-focused private equity fund in multiple IP library acquisitions
- Legendary Entertainment in its sale to Dalian Wanda
- MarVista Entertainment in its sale to Fox Entertainment
- Mediawan in its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in Plan B, Brad Pitt’s content production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its acquisition of full ownership of EPIX from Lionsgate, Viacom, and Paramount
- MGM in its merger with Amazon for US$8.45 billion
- Silver Lake Partners in its acquisition of TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
- Sonar Entertainment in its sale to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
- Univision Communications in its bankruptcy acquisition of assets of the Gawker Media Group
Strategic Joint Ventures, Company Formation, and Capital Raises
- Brad Weston in his arrangement with Entertainment One to create Makeready, a global content production company
- Carlyle Group in its investment in Litmus Music, a platform formed to acquire and manage music assets
- Directors Joe and Anthony Russo in the formation and financing of their independent production studio, AGBO
- Mattel in multiple cross-border strategic investment and joint-venture transactions
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its formation of production company UAMG with producer Mark Burnett, and its subsequent acquisition of full ownership of UAMG
- Participant Media in its joint venture with DreamWorks Studios and Steven Spielberg to form Amblin Partners
- Shamrock Capital in its investment in SaveLive, a live events platform that partners with iconic venues and promoters
- Silver Lake in its strategic investment in Shadowbox Studios, a premium operator of soundstage facilities
- Skydance in its arrangements with the NFL to create a joint venture focused on premium sports content
- Skydance Media in its capital raise transactions with KKR, CJ ENM, and Redbird Capital
- Univision Communications in several joint venture arrangements, including its investment in and media rights arrangement with mixed martial arts promoter Combate Global
- Warner Bros. in its investments in Spyglass Entertainment and PictureStart, and its joint venture with Universal Pictures to form Studio Distribution Services
Licensing, Co-Financing, and Other Commercial Arrangements
- Amblin Partners, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Makeready in output distribution arrangements with major studios
- Illumination Entertainment in its arrangements with Nintendo and Universal Pictures in connection with the upcoming Super Mario film franchise
- Legendary Entertainment in a wide range of single and multi-project co-production and distribution arrangements
- Mattel and Tencent Pictures in co-production arrangements with major studios and streaming platforms
- The International Olympic Committee in connection with major broadcast and new media license agreements
- Univision Communications in connection with its strategic licensing arrangements with Grupo Televisa
- Yoozoo Pictures in its arrangements with Netflix for a tentpole sci-fi series
Entertainment Finance
- A direct lender in a senior secured loan to a leading independent music company
- Amblin Partners in its senior secured credit facility
- An international production company in its senior secured and mezzanine financing transactions
- Boatrocker Studios in its senior secured credit facility
- HPS Investment Partners in providing debt financing for the investment by CVC in Ligue 1
- Legendary Entertainment in numerous senior credit, mezzanine and single project financings
- Skydance Media in its senior secured credit facility
- STX Entertainment in its senior secured and mezzanine financing transactions
