Paramount Skydance Corp. is strengthening ties to Latham & Watkins and its deal-making advisers by bringing on Makan Delrahim as its new chief legal officer.
Delrahim, a Latham partner since 2022, was announced Thursday as the new top lawyer for Paramount Skydance, a newly merged media giant looking at future acquisitions. He was chief of the Justice Department’s antitrust division in the first Trump administration and a former deputy White House counsel.
Delrahim’s move comes as the combined Paramount Skydance mulls a potential bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., a mega-merger that would require approval from current antitrust and US ...
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