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Dentons Advises Soyuzmultfilm on Acquisition of Stake in Mult Efir

Dentons Advises Soyuzmultfilm on Acquisition of Stake in Mult Efir

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Dentons has advised Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm LLC on its acquisition of an unidentified stake in Mult Efir LLC.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

According to Dentons, "Soyuzmultfilm is a Soviet and Russian animation studio, a joint venture between Sber and Soyuzmultfilm Federal State Unitary Enterprise. Over the course of its 85-year history, the film studio has created more than 1,500 cartoons in various genres and artistic techniques. Many of them are included in the 'golden collection' of the world’s animated classics and have received more than 400 festival prizes and awards."

The Mult Efir Group includes Kinomania.TV LLC, which manages the popular Multilandia children’s television channel in Russia.

Dentons' team was led by Partner Denis Voevodin and Konstantin Kroll and included Senior Associates Oleg Khlestov, Alexey Gryadov, and Natalia Panteleeva, and Associates Boris Belkin, Arina Karsonova, Alexandra Vovk, Artyom Asoyan, and Arseny Topadze.

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