This case focuses on the consideration of private equity firm ABRY Partners to invest in a car financing a film, Legendary Pictures. Until 2004, private equity firms managed to avoid co-investment with the studios in movies, because their perception of the industry as a high-risk and are against financial investors. ABRY team conducted extensive due diligence to determine the risk-reward profile investments in film slates. The case highlights the issues related to due diligence, risk assessment, market bias and structuring transactions in private equity.
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by Nabil N. El-Hage, Anne Kofol Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: June 30, 2010. Prod. #: 210094-PDF-ENG
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