Eric Schaffer is a partner in the Private Equity M&A group at Clifford Chance in New York.

He advises private equity sponsors, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and strategics on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, co-investments, minority and growth capital investments, and corporate reorganizations.  

His practice spans across a range of sectors, with a particular focus in the Entertainment & Sports sector.

• BlackRock in its launch of Easttree Media, an investment platform established to acquire income rights in iconic films and television shows
• Global asset manager in its acquisition of a video game publisher and developer.
• Present Ventures consortium in its proposed investment in the Rajasthan Royals IPL cricket team.
• Private equity sponsor in its acquisition of video gaming publishers, developers and platforms.
• Sela, a PIF subsidiary, in its launch of Zuffa boxing with TKO Group (NYSE: TKO)
• Advised on the formation and launch of the Soccer Champions Tour, backed by Sixth Street, which is a new series of matches featuring Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Machester United, Arsenal, AC Milan and Juventus to be played across the United States
• Sixth Street in the proposed acquisition by its portfolio company, Bay Collective, of Sunderland A.F.C. Women
• Sixth Street in its acquisition of 25% of Futbol Club Barcelona's LaLiga TV rights