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Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP files an open-ended opportunistic / special situations fund

New fund · Opportunistic / special situations · Pre-first close · LOS ANGELES, CA · Form D filed 2025-05-30 · all Ares Sports Media vehicles
3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersPre-first closeFirst filing by this entityPlacement agent engaged

How this compares

  • Across 43 opportunistic / special situations sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 3 months.
  • This is the sponsor's 3rd fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance (Offshore) II LP, was filed 5 months earlier.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Raise progress

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2025-05-30D$00
2026-06-02D/A$575.4M2880+$575.4M

Amount sold and investor count as restated on each of the issuer's Form D filings. A rise since the previous filing is capital closed in between.

Ares Sports Media on EDGAR

Earlier and related filings by the same issuer and sponsor. All Ares Sports Media vehicles →

People on the filing

Paul ChoExecutive Officer
Jim MillerExecutive Officer, Director
Jana MarkowiczExecutive Officer
James BabcockDirector
Scott LemExecutive Officer
Kort SchnabelExecutive Officer, Director
Mark AffolterExecutive Officer, Director
n/a Ares SME Management O GP LLCPromoter
Kimberly ZaccagninoExecutive Officer
Patrick HardimanDirector

[email protected] · observed Work emails for the people on the filing, labelled by confidence — subscribers

Signed by Matthew Jill, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the GP.

Placement agents / sales compensation: Ares Wealth Management Solutions, LLC; Ares Management Capital Markets LLC; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Why now — by persona

Relevant to: Fund administrator, Fund audit & tax, Fund-formation counsel.

Filing contact

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