Sony Corporation of America in Acquisition of EMI Music Publishing

Cleary Gottlieb is representing Sony Corporation of America in the EU and international antitrust aspects of the $2.2 billion acquisition of EMI Music Publishing. Sony Corporation of America is part of a consortium that includes Mubadala Development Company PJSC, Jynwel Capital Limited, the Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners LP, and David Geffen. EMI Music Publishing, one of the leading music publishing companies in the world, will be managed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and the Estate of Michael Jackson.