London – Mayer Brown has advised Mediawan, the French media conglomerate and audiovisual international production and distribution group on its majority investment in See-Saw Films, a British-Australian multi-award winning film and television production group.
The transaction will improve See-Saw's ability to secure and retain IP, and will provide access to Mediawan's finance and sales capabilities as well as co-production opportunities with Mediawan's high quality stable of production companies.
The team was led by Private Equity partners Tarun Patel and included James West and Dr. Jan Streer (Düsseldorf) and Corporate & Securities associates James Beattie, Joshua Flew, Alexander Sperling, Sam Kahan and Georgia Stylianou, IP partner Mark Prinsley, senior associate Reece Randall and associates Alasdair Maher (all London) and Madelaine Thomas (Chicago), Tax partners James Hill and Kitty Swanson and senior associate Kathryn Buddington, Antitrust & Competition partner Mark Hills and senior associate Kathryn Lloyd, Real Estate partner Iain Roberts and associate Kirsty McLeish, Pensions partner Andrew Block, International Trade and Sanctions partner Jason Hungerford, senior associate James Ford and associate Mihira Patten, Employment & Benefits counsel James Perrott, consultant Andrew Stanger and associates Mark Rose and Cheryl Stevart.