He Sold MGM to Amazon. Now, His Hard Truths About the Coming M&A

Veteran lawyer and strategist Chris Brearton's honest insights on a changed landscape: Max and Par+'s future, sports rights and secrets of how the last big deal in Hollywood went down

MONEY MAKER At MGM, “I built a corporate strategy team that emulated Kevin Mayer’s team at Disney,” says Chris Brearton, now at AGBO. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

An accountant, a lawyer and a Hollywood executive walk into a bar . . . and it’s actually just one guy: Chris Brearton.

Brearton, who joined Joe Russo and Anthony Russo’s indie studio AGBO as a…