Robert J. Sherman

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT REPRESENTATIONS:

• In what was one of the largest music acquisitions of 2021, Rob represented Concord, a leading music company, in connection with the financing of Concord's acquisition of Downtown's iconic portfolio of 145,000 owned and co-published music copyrights
• Represented Concord, a leading independent music company, in its US$1+ billion debt financing -- one of the largest music industry financings in recent times.
• Represented HarbourView Equity Partners, a global alternative asset manager focused on investment opportunities in the media and entertainment space, in its launch and establishment of a $1 Billion strategic relationship with Apollo Global Management, Inc., a global alternative investment management firm
• Represented HarbourView Equity Partners, in structuring and closing a nine-figure music-rights backed structured finance facility as well as closing a series of music royalties rights and a music rights ownership platform acquisitions with an aggregate value in excess of $350 million
• Concord, a leading independent music company, in connection with the acquisition by a Concord affiliate of Downtown's iconic portfolio of 145,000 owned and co-published music copyrights
• Concord in providing the company with access to over US$1 billion of term b and revolving debt financing in one of the largest music industry financings in recent times
• Raven Capital Management and Sculptor Media in the financing and production of The Minuteman, a feature film starring Liam Neeson and Cop Shop, a feature film starring Gerard Butler
• Raven Capital Management in its US$87.5 million acquisition of certain assets of Academy Award®-winning Hollywood studio Open Road Films and its follow-on re-launch of Open Road Films as a domestic theatrical distributor
• A debt fund in various transactions including a US$50 million senior secured term loan to an independent cable network
• A major independent film and television producer in the financing of the first season of a television series made for a major subscription video on demand service
• A Canadian independent television and film production and distribution company in a revolving senior secured credit facility
• A Latin American film production company in negotiating a revolving secured credit facility for the financing of multiple feature films
• A major independent record company in renegotiation and structuring of revolving, senior-secured working capital credit facility
• Banks and private equity funds in making single-picture senior secured production loans
• Banks as participants in film, television and music publishing secured credit facilities
• A major motion picture studio in structuring a series of cross-border and domestic co-financing arrangements with private investment funds with an aggregate deal value in excess of US$1 billion
• A Mexican music company in the implementation and structuring of mixed stock and asset sale of a group of music publishing and recorded music companies
• A private equity-backed acquirer of music publishing assets
• A Caribbean-based conglomerate in connection with the financing, development, production and distribution of motion pictures, as well as the structuring of strategic joint ventures
• A private equity fund in exercise of secured creditor remedies workout of structured senior secured "film slate" credit facility
• A bank in a leveraged recapitalization of a music publishing company

Chambers USA

• Band 4, California Media & Entertainment: Transactional (2024)

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Media and Entertainment: Transactional (2022-2024)

Additional Recognitions

• Variety, Dealmakers Impact Report (2018, 2020-2021, 2023)
• Distressed M&A Deal of the Year award from The M&A Advisor in recognition of the representation of Raven Capital Management in its US$87.5 million acquisition of certain assets of Academy Award®-winning Hollywood studio Open Road Films
• Global M&A Network Middle Market Restructuring Deal of the Year Award in recognition of the representation of Raven Capital Management in the Open Road Films acquisition
• Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Star (2007)

• "Pro tips for buyers and sellers," Billboard Magazine, November 30, 2020
• "Dealmakers Directory," Billboard Magazine, November 30, 2020
• "Liam Neeson to Star in Action-Thriller 'The Minuteman,'" Variety, May 9, 2019
• "Independent Films: How China And Video-on-Demand Are Disrupting The Market," Forbes, November 10, 2016
• "Raising the Money To Make Your Film in Today's Market – Tales from the AFM," Huffpost, November 7, 2016
• "AFM: Lakeshore Entertainment, Cutting Edge Group Make Music Deal," Variety, November 7, 2016