Press Release
Press Release
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Taina Rosa, Olivia Meyer
08.17.26
Pillsbury advised Spin Master Corp., a leading global children’s entertainment company, in reaching a definitive agreement to acquire Hapiko Inc., a Brooklyn-based company redefining play for the next generation.
Hapiko is best-known for Stickerbox™, a trailblazing creative tool designed to bring children’s ideas to life. Stickerbox leverages Hapiko’s child-safe, AI-empowered operating system to transform spoken ideas into stickers ready to color, collect and apply in the physical world.
For additional details, please refer to the press release here.
New York Corporate partner Jon Russo led the Pillsbury team along with counsel Nina Bakhtina, senior associate Branden Lau, and associate Natalie Alexander. Other team members included Tax partner Nora Burke, Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Jessica Lutrin and senior associate Ryan Kenny; Employment Law partner Rebecca Rizzo and associate Laura Killalea; Intellectual Property partners Edward Cavazos, Chris Drymalla and Patrick Jennings, associate Sam Reno; Technology Transactions counsel Scott Morton; Regulatory partner Shruti Bhutani Arora and counsel Christine Mastromonaco; Environmental & Natural Resources associate Steve Brenner and International Trade partner Matthew Rabinowitz.
Torkin Manes acted as Canadian counsel for Spin Master in connection with the transaction.