Ropes & Gray Advised Musixmatch in its Acquisition of Music Reports

Ropes & Gray represented Musixmatch in its acquisition of Music Reports Inc., a provider of objective music rights data and administration services. The transaction was announced on Oct. 19. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The acquisition is the first in Musixmatch's 16-year history. Musixmatch will combine its data and technology with Music Reports’ Songdex copyright registry and Blokur rights and licensing platform.

Musixmatch is a global music data, technology, and services company. It provides music intelligence, rights administration and tools that help make music accurately attributed, discovered, and monetized worldwide.

The team included private equity partners Jay Freedman and Chau Le and associate Chris Connelly, finance partners Chris Holt, Alex Zeltser, and Alex Robb, counsel Ana Biloglav, and associate Joann Park, employment partner Richard Kidd, executive compensation & employee benefits partner Matt Jones, tax partners Andrew Howard and Tristan Evans-Wilent and counsel Sara Clevering, and litigation & enforcement partner Matt McGinnis.