Union Patriot Capital, Inc., founded
in 1995 by Michael Mendelsohn, the
previous Entertainment Loan Portfolio
Manager of the major European bank
BNP-Paribas [1990-2000] and Union
Bank of California [1985-1990]. UPC
is an investment banking and advisory
services company with an international
focus on entertainment, media and
sports enterprises. Michael Mendelsohn
has worked with various banks and
clients to complete transactions worth
$1.8 million to $981 million.
| Bank portfolio
management and business development
of over $1.8 Billion for Citibank,
BNP-Paribas and Union Bank
including credit underwriting,
negotiation of project facilities
and collections of funds for
film production financing.
[Patriot] |
| Film production finance of
over 258 films including:
Lord of War, Material Girls,
The Matrix, Reservoir Dogs,
Madness of King George, Red
Rock West, Air Force One,
Sleepy Hollow, True Romance,
Arlington Road, Mothman Prophecies,
What Women Want, Welcome to
Colinwood, Battlefield Earth,
Hurricane and End of Days. |
| Polygram
(UK) Public Offering underwriting
and placement memorandum document.
[Paribas] |
| Polygram (UK) purchase and
finance of Propaganda Films,
a Commercial and Music Video
Production company including
film production finance and
a receivables revolving line
of credit .[Paribas] |
| UGC (France)
Film Library Acquisitions
including UGC's acquisition
of Initial Group Libraries
and the ultimate sale of film
libraries to Canal Plus including
production financing. [Paribas] |
| Luxembourg-based television
and radio station consortium
CLT/RTL Germany and M6 France
television and film library
acquisitions. [Paribas] |
| Film financing,
co-productions and library
acquisitions for: Lakeshore
(Paramount), Beacon (Universal),
Franchise (Warner Bros.) and
Icon (Fox). [Paribas, Union
Bank and DZ Bank] |
| Richard Li's sale of Star
TV (Hong Kong) to News Corp
(Australia). [Paribas] |
| Berlusconi/Media
Set Co-Productions (Italy),
Carlo Ponti, Sophia Loren
and Mario Puzo. [Union Bank] |
| Virgin Vision Films &
Virgin Music (Los Angeles,
United States). [Union Bank
and Paribas] |
| Wolfgang
Petersen/Advanced Media Negotiations
on Film Development Fund (Germany).
[Patriot] |
| Major League Baseball Franchise
and Regional Sports Network
Advisory Services. [Patriot] |
| Tier 1 Broadband
Service Providers deal with
Qwest Communications, Level
3 and NTT/Verio Broadband
Delivery Service of live streaming
television, VOD and PPV. [Patriot] |
| Horse and Dog Racing IP broadband
broadcast events over General
Broadcasting Systems. [Patriot] |
| Broadband broadcasting and
VOD for Eros Entertainment,
leader in India based content
distribution and IP based
delivery systems. [Patriot]
|
The Carlyle
Group: Financing for real
estate, manufactured home
communities and related cable
systems. [Patriot, General
Electric Corp, Bank of America]
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