East West Bank 
Natixis 
CES Asia 
After multiple waves of tariffs, some now in effect and more being readied, a second front threatens to open up in the ongoing trade dispute between China and the U.S. — one that can only be bad for Hollywood.Economists are openly talking about a currency war between the world’s two largest economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has warned that Washington is considering a formal review of whether China is manipulating its currency, the renminbi (RMB, or yuan), which has...
East West Bank
Bennett
Pozil
EVP / Head, Corporate Banking
Pozil’s entertainment division continued to find funding for productions during the pandemic, including over $100 million for Tyler Perry’s new episodic series shot in his Atlanta production bubble. He’s been active in new media, securing deals for mobile game distributor Scopely, podcast leader Wondery and 88rising, a music platform for Asian artists. Of late, East West has arranged financing for Bona Film’s investment in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” Alibaba Pictures’ credit facility for its studio investments such as the sixth “Mission: Impossible,” Perfect World’s senior debt facility to finance its investment in Universal’s film slate and funding for the Jackie Chan-John Cena feature “Project X-Traction.”
