SAN FRANCISCO – Mintz represented Muse Group, a leader in music content and creation, in its recent combination with legendary sheet music publisher and music-learning provider, Hal Leonard. Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and media businesses, made a growth investment in Muse and provided funding for the transaction. The newly combined entity creates a global music learning content platform that allows musicians to access digitized and interactive formats of Hal Leonard’s arrangements and content through Muse platforms. 

Mintz San Francisco Managing Member Steve Osborn and Rob Burwell led the team advising Muse, which included attorneys Joe Price, Rob Kidwell, Gregg Benson, Ben Ferrucci, Jessica Zhang, Sid Sisodia, and Farrah Short.

“We’re proud to support Muse Group, a fast-growing, innovative technology company, with this exciting acquisition and growth opportunity. Representing Muse in connection with its receipt of financing from Francisco Partners reinforces our growing Bay Area Private Equity practice,” said Steve Osborn, Managing Member of Mintz’s San Francisco office. 

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