McDermott Will & Schulte advises Influence Media Partners in its acquisition of Anthem Entertainment’s Catalogs

Global law firm McDermott Will & Schulte advised Influence Media Partners (“Influence”) in its agreement to acquire assets of Anthem Entertainment (“Anthem”), in a deal valued at more than $600 million. Anthem’s portfolio, comprised of music publishing and master recording rights and film and TV publishing assets, includes more than 24,000 released songs and more than 60,000 additional unexploited works.

The McDermott corporate team was led by Alexei Cowett, with invaluable support from Carla Tomazella, Sean McGuire, and Christian Benson. Michael Bruno and Alex Lee advised tax matters. Ryan Tisch, Ty Carson, and Payton Thornton advised on regulatory matters. Stephanie Breslow, Prem Amarnani, and Kaimeng Xing advised on investment management matters. Daniel Oshinsky, Babatunde Alade, and Alexander Nnabue advised on debt financing matters. Howard Schiffman is the relationship partner.  

Influence’s press release can be found here.

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