Aydin S. Caginalp

Aydin Caginalp’s practice concentrates on business transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, private equity and general corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis on international and cross border matters. He has been engaged in complex corporate transactions involving the separation of operating units as well as integration of business units into the acquiring enterprise. He has extensive experience in the issues arising within the technology, media and e‑commerce fields, the music industry and traditional manufacturing enterprises.

Aydin is listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”

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Aydin S. Caginalp

New York

212.790.4610

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Aydin S. Caginalp

Aydin Caginalp’s practice concentrates on business transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, private equity and general corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis on international and cross border matters. He has been engaged in complex corporate transactions involving the separation of operating units as well as integration of business units into the acquiring enterprise. He has extensive experience in the issues arising within the technology, media and e‑commerce fields, the music industry and traditional manufacturing enterprises.

Aydin is listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”

Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, 1975

Tulane University, J.D., 1974

Indiana University, A.B., 1972

Experience

  • Purchase of e-learning company.
  • Purchase and integration of automobile part supplier.
  • Purchase of industrial filtration company.
  • Sale of interests in online bookseller.
  • Purchase and development of major music publishing companies.
  • Purchase of recording artist agreements.
  • Creation of broadcast television company in nine countries.
  • Establishment of a joint venture to provide satellite delivery of entertainment and on-line services.
  • Global license of major music catalogs.

Accomplishments

Moderator, “The Digital Evolution of the Music Business: What's Next?” Digital Media Conference, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 2007.

Moderator, “The Post MGM v. Grokster World—New Rules for P2P,” P2P Media Summit New York, Distributing Computing Industry Association, New York, NY, February 2007.

Moderator, “Digital Copyrights: The Wild West All Over Again?” Digital Music Forum East, New York, NY, February 2007.

Moderator, “Advertising, Promotions & Digital Music,” Digital Music Forum West, West Hollywood, California, October 2006.

“Value Optimization in Distributed Computing Industry Companies,” P2P Media Summit, Distributing Computing Industry Association, Mclean, Virginia, June 2006.

Moderator, “Challenges and Opportunities in the Music Business, from Digital Distribution to Licensing and Cross-Collateralization of Properties,” Columbia Business School, New York, New York, February 2006.

Profiled in Variety's "2014 Legal Impact Report." This report is a prestigious annual feature that identified “attorneys whose recent deals and court battles have changed the shape of entertainment."

Profiled in Variety’s “2012 Legal Impact Report: 50 Game-changing Attorneys.” This report is a prestigious annual feature that identifies “50 attorneys whose recent deals and court battles have changed the shape of entertainment.”

The Best Lawyers in America, 2005–2025

New York Super Lawyers, 2006

Admitted to practice in New York

Co-Author, “How Will the New Music Delivery System Affect the Industry,” Inside the Minds: The Music Business, 2004.

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Corporate and Finance

Capital Markets

Private Equity and Buyout

Venture Capital / Emerging Companies

Mergers and Acquisitions

Industries

Manatt Entertainment

Music

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