Simpson Thacher represented Clarion Capital Partners and its portfolio company Premiere Digital Services, Inc. in its acquisition of Vubiquity, Inc., a global technology-led solutions, media supply chain and content licensing provider for the media and entertainment industry, from Amdocs Inc.
Premiere Digital is a post-production, media services, digital distribution and technology solutions company based in Los Angeles, and a leader in AI-driven and cloud-based workflows for the media and entertainment industry. The acquisition combines Premiere Digital's expertise and scale in content mastering, digital distribution and AI-driven solutions with Vubiquity's leadership in media supply chain and content licensing, creating the leading global digital distribution provider to the media and entertainment industry.
The Simpson Thacher team included David Hernand, Julian Alsarhn, Emma Kateman and Isabella Robakowski (M&A); Alec Jarvis and Lina Pan (Tax); Ron Ben-Yehuda and Alexander Franchilli (IP & Privacy); Harry Hudesman and Guanxiong Xu (ECEB); Dennis Loiacono (Real Property); and Catherine Burns, Gordon Lee, Mary Cao and Ariel Zaghi (Credit).