Variety500 Recognizes Conner for Second Consecutive Year

Variety500 2018
– Variety

Manatt’s Lindsay Conner, co-chair of the firm’s entertainment and media practice, was named to the Variety500 for the second consecutive year. The list is an index of the most influential business leaders shaping the global entertainment industry, featuring some of the most high-profile names in the sector.

Variety’s profile of Conner highlights his negotiation of the largest China-Hollywood slate deal ever—Perfect World Pictures of Beijing’s $500 million, 50-film pact with Universal Pictures. In addition, Conner helped Perfect World secure an additional $250 million in funding via a credit line from JPMorgan and East West Bank. The publication also notes that Conner has closed several deals for Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Content Partners, Goldman Sachs and Huayi Brothers Media Corp.

Read Conner’s full profile here.


 
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