M&A Deal Summary

YM&U Acquires Deckstar Artist Management

On March 20, 2017, YM&U acquired media company Deckstar Artist Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is YM&U’s 4th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is YM&U’s 2nd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-20
Target Deckstar Artist Management
Sector Media
Buyer(s) YM&U
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Deckstar Artist Management

United States
Deckstar Artist Management is an artist management company with a focus on electronic dance music. Its other clients include Culture Club, Porter Robinson and Smashing Pumpkins.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

YM&U

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Business Services
Employees300
DESCRIPTION

YM&U is an integrated provider of talent representation and management services for the entertainment, music, sports and scripted industries in the U.K. and U.S., the company acts as talent agent and manager for c. 1,000 clients and offers professional services (accounting, legal and business management) to an additional c. 1,100 clients. YM&U was founded in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Media M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-13 Hall or Nothing Management

London, United Kingdom

Hall or Nothing Management Ltd. looks musicians and bands for the past 20 years in the United Kingdom.

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