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Los Angeles,
California
90067
 310.282.2394
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Harold
A.
Flegelman
Partner
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Co-Chair, Corporate Media and Entertainment Practice Group
Harold Flegelman’s corporate and business practice includes mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, venture capital, debt and equity financings, restructurings, business planning, executive employment arrangements and general corporate representation. He has worked with both domestic and internationally based private and publicly held companies, advising them in all matters relating to corporate governance and management, as well as compliance with the regulations of governmental agencies, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
Mr. Flegelman’s clients include traditional companies and emerging growth enterprises in the entertainment, media and advertising industries. He frequently represents businesses seeking strategic acquisitions, partnerships and investments, and often provides assistance in introducing private equity sources to both start-up and more mature ventures.
Representative Experience
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Representation of Front Line Management Group, one of the world’s leading artist management companies led by Irving Azoff, in acquiring numerous prominent management companies and complementary businesses, and in recapitalization transactions.
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Representation of Arc Music Corporation in the sale of its music publishing catalogue to Fuji Entertainment America, Inc.
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Representation of Univision Communications Inc. in the sale of its music recording and publishing business to Universal Music Group for $153 million.
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Representation of Windswept Holdings, the largest North American independent music publisher, in the company’s sale.
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Representation of Cold Spring Pictures in a $200-million combined debt and equity financing for the production of motion pictures with DreamWorks Pictures.
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Representation of The Film Department and Essential Entertainment in the raising of start-up equity financing.
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Representation of Grateful Dead Productions in corporate restructuring matters, and in the development of an exclusive licensing arrangement with Rhino Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, to manage the group’s intellectual property assets.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, Film Finance & Distribution Summit: Where Wall Street Meets Tinseltown, Los Angeles, California (November 27-28, 2006)
- Speaker, Financing for Feature Animated Films (February 2005)
- Speaker, Records Management and Litigation: Where Worlds Collide (September 2004)
- Speaker, Improving the View from the Boardroom; How to be a Good Director (January 2004)
- Speaker, Directors Roundtable, Effective Management of Your Acquisition (or Divestiture) Strategy, as part of a program created by Loeb & Loeb, Deloitte & Touche, and Marsh Inc. entitled Repositioning Business for Growth (March 2002)
- Speaker, Director Training Program, Obtaining Liquidity as a Founder, sponsored by the UCLA Graduate School of Management, the NASDAQ Stock Market, and the National Venture Capital Association (March 2001)
- Co-author, Repricing Employee Stock Options in a Changing Market Environment: Whose Strife Is It Anyway, Alley Way (October 2000)
Media Mentions
Affiliations
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Member, Board of Visitors of the New England Conservatory
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Member, Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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Member, Board of Directors, The Harmony Project (Not-for-Profit)
Distinctions
- Named in The Legal 500 US in Media, Technology and Telecoms: Film, Music and TV and Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts, published by Legalease Limited and John Pritchard (2007 and 2008 editions)
- Named one of the "Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers Guide (2006)
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Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1978, Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer
Yale University, B.A., 1975, cum laude
New York, 1979
California, 2004
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