YouTube personality “MrBeast” Jimmy Donaldson and a group of investors tapped Brad Bondi, the brother of President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, for legal advice on their bid to buy TikTok.
YouTube and TikTok start MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.
Veteran capital markets attorney Jeffrey Ramsay has moved from Davis, Polk & Wardwell to Paul Hastings. Ramsay will join as a partner in Paul Hastings’ finance practice in New York, the firm said Wednesday.