HarbourView Equity Partners has announced a strategic partnership with Max Martin and Shellback‘s songwriting collective Wolf Cousins. As part of the deal, HarbourView now owns the publisher’s share of select songs written by the collective. The price tag of the deal is unknown.
Wolf Cousins includes a roster of acclaimed songwriters and producers such as Ilya Salmanzadeh, Oscar Holter, Tove Lo, Ludvig Söderberg, Jakob Jerlström, Oscar Görres, Ali Payami, Robin Fredriksson and Mattias Larsson. Together, the Swedish-heavy collective is responsible for some of the greatest hits of the modern era.
The deal features titles like Taylor Swift’s “Style” and “…Ready For It?”; Ariana Grande’s “Problem,” “Into You,” and “No Tears Left To Cry”; The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face”; Imagine Dragons’ “Believer”; Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do”; Tove Lo’s “Habits (Stay High)”; and DNCE’s “Cake By The Ocean.” The agreement also includes several compositions from the hit musical & Juliet. Warner Chappell will continue to administer the Wolf Cousins catalog.
Since its founding in 2021, HarbourView has been quickly building up a catalog of major music catalogs. According to the company, this amounts to approximately $3.88 billion in regulatory assets under management and more than 70 catalogs in total, including works associated with talent like Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Kelly Clarkson, T-Pain, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, George Benson, Luis Fonsi, Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Nelly, Wiz Khalifa and Kane Brown.
Fox Rothschild, DLA Piper and Advokatfirman Hammarskiöld & Co AB served as legal counsel to HarbourView in the transaction.
Sherrese Clarke, founder and CEO of Harbourview Equity Partners, said of the deal: “At HarbourView, we invest in culturally relevant intellectual property and the visionary creators behind it. Max Martin and Shellback continue to hold their place as hitmakers in contemporary music, and through Wolf Cousins they have built an extraordinary creative ecosystem spanning generations and genres. We are proud to partner with them and help steward the legacy of this remarkable catalog.”
In a joint statement, Shellback and Martin added: “Wolf Cousins was founded to bring songwriters and producers together in an environment built on collaboration, mentorship and creative development. HarbourView’s long-term vision and respect for creators make them a natural partner for this body of work.”
