News - 23/03/2017

James Grant Group is ready to expansd in US market

James Grant Group is ready to expansd in US market

The UK-born firm James Grant Group has acquired well-respected Los Angeles management company Deckstar (home to the likes of Blink 182 and Steve Aoki). But Deckstar’s co-founders - Lawrence Vavra and Matt Colon - now are shareholders in the James Grant Group, which works with talent across music, sport, TV, literature and more besides.

As part of the merger, JGG’s current LA-based team will now relocate to Deckstar’s Wilshire Boulevard offices. The deal brings JGG’s total global headcount above 250 people - and its ambitions in the US market certainly do not end there.

Right now, James Grant Group is a well-funded and acquisition-hungry entity, with huge ambitions in the music business.

The company’s CEO Neil Rodford told "Music Business Worldwide":

We’d love to do more of this kind of [acquisitive] activity in the US. We hope and believe we can consolidate more [artist] management businesses – whether that’s company acquisitions or individual hires – and that each time we can become greater than the sum of our parts. Money isn’t an issue for us in any expansion – we have to find the right culture and fit. It took me a long time to persuade Matt, LV and the Deckstar guys to come across. I’ve been going to LA for probably 10 years trying to find the right partner.

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