Lions Gate hires team to fend off Icahn

LOS ANGELES, March 17 | Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:52pm EDT

LOS ANGELES, March 17 (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF.N) has hired an advisory team to launch a defense against financier Carl Icahn, who is seeking to exert control over the studio, according to two people with knowledge of the situation on Tuesday.

The team includes investment banker Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz.

Lions Gate declined to comment. (Reporting by Susan Zeidler; editing by Richard Chang)

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