Julian Azran

Julian’s experience includes advising:

• Mark Cuban in the sale of the controlling interest in the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson and Dumont Families
• KKR in a number of transactions, including:
  • Its US$1.85 billion sale of Chord Music to Universal Music Group and Dundee Partners
  • Its US$1.2 billion acquisition of Kobalt Capital’s music rights portfolio
  • Its joint venture with BMG to acquire music rights
  • Its acquisitions of the music catalogs of ZZ Top, Diplo/Major Lazer, John Legend, Twenty One Pilots, John McVie, and Five Finger Death Punch
  • Its acquisition of a majority stake in Ryan Tedder and OneRepublic’s music catalog
• Silver Lake Partners in multiple transactions, including:
  • Its US$12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics
  • Its acquisition of TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
  • Its US$500 million strategic investment in Shadowbox Studios
  • Its US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
  • Its US$400 million launch of a digital infrastructure platform
• Initial Group, and key investor TPG, on transactions including Initial Group’s:
  • Establishment of a new talent management and representation company, and simultaneous investment in Untitled Entertainment
  • Strategic investment in Brandon Creed’s Good World Management
  • Acquisition of Silver Tribe Media, a digital media management and production company working to shape the next generation of sports, news, and entertainment content
• Mediawan, a leading independent premium content studio, on its:
  • Acquisition of The North Road Company, the preeminent independent US‑based studio
  • Acquisition of a controlling stake in Plan B Entertainment, a content production company co-founded by Brad Pitt
• Warburg Pincus on transactions reflecting its involvement with:
  • Its investment in Everise, a leading global healthcare services outsourcing company
  • The US$2.1 billion sale of Eco Material Technologies to CRH
  • Scale Microgrids, a leading vertically integrated developer, acquirer, owner, and operator of microgrids, on its sale to EQT
• Apollo on Concord’s proposed US$1.4 billion acquisition of Hipgnosis
• Endeavor in a number of transactions, including:
  • Sale of Endeavor Streaming to Deltatre
  • Acquisition of a majority equity ownership stake in experiential hospitality leader, On Location Experiences
  • Acquisition of nine MLB Professional Development League Clubs, and the creation of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH)
• Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based global container shipping company, in a consortium deal to acquire Atlas Corp. in a US$10.9 billion take private transaction
• Vistra Energy, a Fortune 500 retail electricity and power generation company, in its US$6.3 billion acquisition of Energy Harbor and creation of Vistra Vision, a leading zero-carbon generation and retail platform
• Mubadala Capital on its strategic investment to launch a new SailGP team to represent Brazil, the first South American team to join the SailGP league
• Just Energy on its sale to IGS Energy
• Crestwood Equity Partners and Con Edison in the US$1.23 billion divestiture of Stagecoach Gas Services
• Cyxtera Technologies in its US$3.4 billion merger with Starboard Value Acquisition Corp.
• CyberArk in its acquisition of IDaptive
• ArcLight Capital Partners in its US$857 million acquisition of a 25% equity interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline
• Nesco Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of Truck Utilities