Wigge & Partners has acted as lead counsel in connection with Pophouse Entertainment Group’s acquisition of Swedish House Mafia’s master recordings and publishing rights (including band members writer’s shares) of the trio’s back catalogue as well as the masters and publishing rights of Axwell^Ingrosso. Pophouse will form a joint venture with the three band members of Swedish House Mafia to develop and amplify the Swedish House Mafia brand worldwide. TIME DANOWSKY, Stockholm, Unum Tax, Stockholm and Sheridans, London assisted Wigge & Partners with high end legal advise relating to complex IPR issues and tax in the transaction.
Links to press release:
https://se.linkedin.com/company/pophouseent
https://pophouse.se/news/pophouse-acquires-swedish-house-mafia
https://www.billboard.com/pro/pophouse-swedish-mafia-house-deal-song-publishing-catalog-market/
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/swedish-house-mafia-sells-masters-publishing-pophouse-1235217391/
The team from Wigge & Partners consisted of Michael Wigge, Julia Conzen and Angela Belfrage.
