Kirkland Advises OpenAI on Acquisition of TBPN
Kirkland & Ellis advised OpenAI on its acquisition of TBPN, a daily, live tech talk show and one of the fastest-growing media companies. The acquisition brings to OpenAI a team with strong editorial instincts, deep audience understanding and a proven ability to convene influential voices across tech, business and culture. As part of the agreement, TBPN will sit within OpenAI’s Strategy org and continue to run their programming, choose their guests and make their own editorial decisions.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ed Lee, Rachael Coffey, Brian Junquera, Lilly Rohan and Caraline Higgins; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday, Lauren Cates, Anthony Ji and Cassie Ashley; technology & IP transactions lawyers Seth Traxler, Shellie Freedman and Abby O’Neill; and tax lawyers Sara Zablotney and Katherine Karnosh.
