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.

President Donald Trump gave the social media platform more time to comply with a law that requires it to divest its Chinese ownership.

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.

Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — isn’t in the TikTok bidding race just yet, according to a representative for the YouTube star

After the bipartisan TikTok law was signed by former President Joe Biden in April, ByteDance said it did not have plans to sell the platform and fought the statute in court for months. China also rebuked Washington over the divestment push, though more recently it appears to be softening its stance.

Donaldson posted a jokey message on X on January 13 that read, "Okay fine, I'll buy Tik Tok so it doesn't get banned." A day later,

MrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok.

Move over Elon Musk —Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has entered the chat. Donaldson has reportedly joined a bid to buy TikTok’s US operations, teaming up with tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley, founder of employer.com.

TikTok in the US has attracted interests from top corporates including General Atlantic CEO. Interesting names such as MrBeast has emerged.

The streaming service says acquiring the rights to stream full seasons of sport makes no economic sense, despite success with the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match.

Sidney Fohrman joined Paul Hastings as a partner and chair of the music industry practice in Los Angeles, the firm announced on Thursday. Fohrman represents global media companies, music labels and publishers, and content creators on complex transactions ...