Deal Roundup: Apollo’s $11bn Paramount Pictures play, KKR picks up Avanatus solar stake

Apollo Global Management has reportedly tabled an $11bn offer for film studio Paramount Pictures, the producer of recent movie franchises including Mission: Impossible and Transformers. Reuters reported the news, while a separate FT article said controlling shareholder Shari Redstone was “unconvinced” by Apollo’s offer for the studio and is instead negotiating a rival deal with …