Jahan Sharifi

• Represented a consumer business in a series of acquisitions of technology platforms and assets as part of a strategic expansion of the business in advance of a private equity fundraise
• Represented an industrial company in a $75 million round of strategic investment in a green energy company in preparation for a private equity offering
• Represented a home medical equipment company as borrower in the refinancing of its senior secured loan and the restructuring of its ownership into a trust
• Represented a hedge fund providing financing for the continuing investment program of a venture capital fund
• Represented a public company in the secondary sale of units in a subsidiary to outside investors
• Represented the family office owner of a provider of certification and training to medical coders and medical billers in the refinancing of its debt facilities
• Represented a hedge fund in making a PIPE investment to provide financing to a special purpose acquisition company for the acquisition of a group of specialty commercial real estate finance companies
• Represented a hedge fund in private convertible note financing of family-owned Latin American pharmaceutical distribution business
• Represented hedge funds in negotiating joint ventures to provide shipping finance, to invest in music royalty interests and to fund litigation claims
• Represented a real estate development company in negotiating joint venture terms for development in Kazakhstan
• Represented a family office in acquisitions of a specialty pharmacy and home medical equipment distributor
• Represented an investment fund in the acquisitions of leading factoring and commercial finance businesses
• Represented a hedge fund in the equity and debt recapitalization of a medical device company
• Represented a hedge fund in the equity recapitalization of a supplier of natural beauty products
• Represented a hedge fund in the pre-IPO secondary purchase of equity in a Chinese media and entertainment company
• Represented a Canadian marketplace lender in the acquisition of a U.S.-based consumer lending platform
• Represented a shareholder group in the sale of a Mexican pharmaceutical distribution company
• Represented the lead shareholder in the sale of a radio and digital media company
• Represented hedge funds in multiple early- and late-stage venture capital investments and growth equity, and secondary purchases of private equity securities
• Represented a hedge fund in negotiating co-investment agreement with real estate marketplace lending platform
• Represented startup companies in establishing online lending platforms and raising equity capital and debt commitments for these companies, including joint ventures with banks and other organizations
• Represented marketplace lending platforms in structuring master participation arrangements for outside investors
• Represented the sponsor in the formation of an investment fund focused on investing in marketplace lending assets
• Represented the management team in the formation and capitalization of a specialty finance company providing mezzanine finance to the branded restaurant sector and its Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) subsidiary, also represented the company in mezzanine debt and preferred equity financing transactions
• Represented the sponsor in negotiating an anchor investment from a strategic investor in a newly-formed infrastructure fund management company
• Represented a fund management company in the negotiation of managed account agreements
• Represented a financial investor in providing seed capital for a newly-formed hedge fund in Brazil
• Represented the lead investor in providing equity funding in the formation and capitalization of a sidecar reinsurance vehicle
• Represented the initial financial investor in a leading executive services firm that was previously wholly-owned by its partners
• Represented multiple distressed debt investors in negotiating shareholder rights for post-reorganization equity and equity kickers granted in connection with loan restructurings

Certain of these matters occurred prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg.

• Panelist, “Marketplace Lending Investment Structures,” PLI’s Marketplace Lending and Crowdfunding, New York City, Sept. 9, 2016
• Panelist, “Top Legal Issues in Peer-to-Peer Lending,” PLI’s Crowdfunding and Online Direct Lending Seminar, New York City, Sept. 22, 2015
• Co-presenter, "Disintermediation: Peer-to-Peer Lending Versus Traditional Lending,” Bloomberg webinar, March, 6, 2014

These presentations occurred prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg.

• Co-author, “Succession Planning Series: A Blueprint for Hedge Fund Founders Seeking to Pass Along the Firm to the Next Generation of Leaders,” The Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 45, Nov. 21, 2013

This publication occurred prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg.