The Raine Group in Investment in Important Media

January 22, 2013

Cleary Gottlieb represented The Raine Group in its investment in Important Media, LLC, a joint venture with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the “South Park” television series and “The Book of Mormon” musical production.

Raine is a boutique merchant bank focused exclusively on entertainment, digital media and sports. It was founded by Joseph Ravitch, a Cleary Gottlieb alum and a former senior partner and global head of media at Goldman Sachs, and Jeffrey Sine, a former vice-chairman and global head of technology at UBS.