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 US$500 million strategic investment in Shadowbox Studios
  • Its US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
  • Its acquisition of TEG, Asia Pacific's leading live entertainment and ticketing company
• Apollo on Concord's proposed US$1.4 billion acquisition of Hipgnosis
• Endeavor in a number of transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of nine MLB Professional Development League Clubs, as well as the creation of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH)
  • Its acquisition of a majority equity ownership stake in experiential hospitality leader On Location Experiences
• TPG in its establishment of a new talent management and representation company and simultaneous investment in Untitled Entertainment
• Mediawan, a leading independent premium content studio, in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Plan B Entertainment, a content production company co-founded and led by Brad Pitt
• 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
• 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 going private transaction
• Warburg Pincus in its investment in Everise, a leading global healthcare services outsourcing company.
• 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