Five U.S. Deals That Helped Define 2019

Originally published in The Wall Street Journal By Isaac Taylor and Laura Kreutze Over­all, U.S. pri­vate-eq­uity deal vol­ume slowed some­what in 2019 as of early De­cem­ber, de­spite a mount­ing pile of dry pow­der avail­able to in­vest. How­ever, plenty of pri­vate-eq­uity firms kept them­selves busy with new, and of­ten am­bi­tious, deals. This month, we high­light five deals […]

Endeavor Buys Luxury-Events Business From Bruin, RedBird

Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the talent agency and media business led by Ari Emanuel, acquired On Location Experiences, a high-end events business for the wealthy, from existing investors. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though people familiar with the matter said it’s valued at about $660 million. The NFL, an investor in the company, […]