Press Release

Kirkland Advises Coral Tree Partners on Acquisition of AMI Entertainment Network from the Gores Group

Kirkland & Ellis advised Coral Tree Partners, a Los Angeles-based media and entertainment focused private equity firm, on its acquisition of AMI Entertainment Network from the Gores Group. AMI is a leading digital jukebox business that provides tech-driven in-venue digital music and video entertainment and advertising content to the bar and restaurant industries, from The Gores Group, a global investment firm. 

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Luke Guerra and associates Peter Liskanich and Joanne Moon, tax partner Anne Kim and associate Allison Bray, debt finance partner Nisha Kanchanapoomi and associates Rick Robinson, Christian Rivas, Chris Gambini and Chandler Nahigian, technology & IP transactions partners Vladimir Khodosh and Laila Paszti and associates Thao Thai and Bijan Motiwalla, executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Tom Kotlowski, labor & employment partner Sydney Jones and associates Wes Benter and Maayan Sachs, employee benefits partner Matthew Antinossi and associate Nathaniel Linger, environmental transactions partner Michael Saretsky and associate Cheyenne Overall, real estate partner Roberto Miceli and associate Adam Amdur, international trade & national security partner Sanjay Mullick and associate Anais Bourbon, with assistance from corporate partner Matthew Elliott and associates Louis Hopson and Tom Lawless and technology & IP transactions partner Joanna Thomson and associates Stephen Coudounaris and Ben Zeris.