Negotiated distribution and licensing agreements for motion picture rights in territories around the world, including with distributors like Amazon, Sony Worldwide Acquisitions, Sony Pictures Classics, Mirimax, Bleeker Street, A24, Lionsgate and Grindstone among many others.
Advised software companies and distributors with respect to entry into the U.S. reseller market.
Advised a London-based entertainment fund with hundreds of millions of dollars in AUM with respect to negotiating and closing a multi-picture intercreditor and subordination agreement in connection with the buy-out of a premier sales agent.
Settled a collection account controversy on behalf of a client to prevent an arbitration.
Provided U.S. copyright and licensing advice to a leading German distributor.
Advised a hedge fund with $1.4 billion in AUM, with respect to a $30,000,000 credit facility to a network programming entity secured by affiliation agreements with cable carriers.
Advised a start-up company on bringing to market an assessment technology to help with PTSD.
Advised PennantPark Investment Corporation in the following capital markets transactions and on subsequent SEC reporting obligations:
$300,000,000 initial public offering of common stock
$114,080,000 follow-on NASDAQ public offering of common stock
$46,690,000 follow-on NASDAQ public offering of common stock
$57,500,000 follow-on NASDAQ public offering of common stock
$37,000,000 follow-on NASDAQ public offering of common stock
$250,000,000 shelf registration of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, subscription rights and debt securities
Drafted, implemented and performed training with respect to international best-practice global compliance codes, including codes of conduct, anti-corruption policies and conflicts of interest review policies for two multinational German companies listed on public stock exchanges and for a private multinational Luxemburg company in advance of listing on a public stock exchange.
Advised the selling shareholders in the voxeljet AG foreign private issuer initial public offering of $84,500,000 in ADS’s on the NYSE.
Advised datango AG in the sale of substantially all of its assets to SAP AG.
Advised PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.—$100,500,000 initial public offering on NASDAQ.
Advised Whole Foods Market, Inc.—sale of $425 million Series A 8.00% convertible participating preferred stock to affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
Advised Pan-European Hotel Acquisition Company—€115,000,000 initial public offering of units on Euronext Amsterdam.
*includes representations at prior firms
BREATHE
Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy
LOVING VINCENT
the world's first fully painted feature film
THE WIFE
Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce
UNLOCKED
Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas, John Malkovich, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette
FALLEN
Jeremy Irvine and Addison Timlin
Z FOR ZACHARIAH
Chris Pine, Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor
MAGGIE
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin
SOLACE
Colin Farrell and Anthony Hopkins
GETAWAY
Ethan Hawke
THE HOST
Saoirse Ronan
PARADISE HIGHWAY
Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo and Hala Finley
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Sam Claflin
SAS: RED NOTICE
Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose and Andy Serkis
Mr. Williams advises leading entertainment financiers on film and tv funding and corporate structures, development and co-production deals, licensing, security and guild issues, including with respect to the following selected motion pictures: