Loeb & Loeb Represents Sony Pictures Entertainment in Film and TV Music Catalog Sale to ole Music Publishing LLC

Loeb & Loeb LLP represented Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in the sale of a music publishing catalog, comprised of music from SPE’s film and television releases between 1993 and 2012, to ole Music Publishing LLC.

The catalog includes compositions from a variety of TV shows such as Wheel of Fortune, Breaking Bad, Dawson's Creek, The Nanny and Rescue Me, and films such as Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Groundhog Day, Rudy, Jumanji, Legends of the Fall, Moneyball, Mr. Deeds, The Patriot, The Quick and the Dead, Superbad, Step Brothers, Stuart Little, and Hotel Transylvania, among others.

The Loeb & Loeb deal team representing Sony Pictures Entertainment in this transaction consisted of partner and practice chair John T. Frankenheimer and senior counsel Amy B. Ortner of the Music Industry Practice, together with partner Arash Khalili of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice.

Loeb & Loeb's Music Industry Practice has long been recognized as a leader in a transformative industry that continues to evolve as a result of the convergence of technology and content. We provide sophisticated, strategic counsel to the world's leading music companies and today's most successful talent, and offer broad knowledge of industry issues, practices and challenges, in-depth experience in complex entertainment and corporate matters, and an unmatched record of successful deals involving virtually all types of content, intellectual property, and digital media. Loeb & Loeb was named "Law Firm of the Year" in Music by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in their 2013 rankings.

Loeb & Loeb’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice offers a full range of merger and acquisition services to primarily middle-market companies, both public and private, in the U.S. and around the globe. Our attorneys handle transactions of all sizes and complexity across a variety of industries. In the 2012 and 2013 editions of The Legal 500-United States, Loeb & Loeb’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice received the publication’s highest ranking in the area of Middle-Market Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts.