Sarah Graham is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she practices in the firm’s Corporate Department. She regularly represents private equity funds, strategic and financial investors, media and entertainment companies, technology companies, gaming companies, and other clients in various types of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, restructurings, and public and private securities offerings. She also advises public and private companies, boards of directors and board committees with respect to corporate governance matters. Ms. Graham is a member of the following Gibson Dunn practice groups: Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Media, Entertainment and Technology, Betting and Gaming, and Sports Law.

Ms. Graham received her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she served as Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review and was named a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Graham has been named a Southern California Rising Star in mergers and acquisitions by Super Lawyers magazine each year since 2015.

Representative Transactions:*

• Berkshire Hathaway in various transactions, including its $37.2 billion acquisition of Precision Castparts Corp. and its $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company.
• The independent directors of DreamWorks Animation in the company’s acquisition by NBCUniversal for $3.8 billion.
• Beats Electronics and Beats Music in the companies’ $3 billion sale to Apple.
• NCB Capital in an investment in a large, independent film and television production company.
• SpringHill Entertainment, a production company founded by LeBron James, in a restructuring and significant capital raise.
• Core Nutrition, LLC in its $525 million sale to Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• MGM Resorts International in a strategic joint venture with GVC Holdings for sports betting and online gaming.
• Platinum Equity Advisors in various transactions, including its acquisition of PLI Holdings, Inc. and its acquisition of the water care business of Lonza AG.
• Ladder, LLC, a health and wellness company formed by LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Main Street Advisors, in formation and financing matters.
• Main Street Advisors in various investments and other transactions.
• The Tornante Company, the investment firm of Michael Eisner, in various media, entertainment and sports investments and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Portsmouth FC football club.
• Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and its parent, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, in various acquisition transactions of post-production companies.
• Green Hills Software in the sale of a minority interest to Cadence Design Systems.
• Backstage, an online marketplace for talent and content creators, in its sale to Ridgemont Equity Partners.

* Includes representations prior to Ms. Graham’s association with Gibson Dunn.