International M&A In 2022: The Key Deals From UTA/Curtis Brown To Mediawan/Plan B & INOX/PVR
deadline.comElon Musk’s reluctant $44BN Twitter buyout and Warner Bros’ merger with Discovery were the most market-shifting M&A deals of the year but outside the U.S.
there were several major developments that have impacted the global market. Scroll through the gallery above for a reminder of the other splashy M&A deals of 2022. The agency world sat up in June when UTA unexpectedly announced the acquisition of British literary and talent agent Curtis Brown Group, which our sources have speculated is the first step in the “Americanization” of the UK market.
Look out for WME and CAA making moves in Europe before long. UTA wasn’t the only North American company getting in on the European management action, as we revealed in March that Lionsgate had taken a minority stake in London’s 42, which represents the likes of Jesse Armstrong, Julian Fellowes, Claire Denis and Charlie Brooker.
But it wasn’t all Americans taking over European companies. Quite the opposite in the case of France’s Mediawan, best known as the firm behind Netflix’s Call My Agent, when it shocked the world later in the year by buying a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.
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