Eduard Grigoryan is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.
Eduard is a member of the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice and the firm’s Corporate Department. Eduard advises growth-stage companies in various industries, including software, fintech, life sciences, healthcare, and aerospace and defense, from formation to financings and through exit. He also represents venture and other funds in private investments, and strategic acquirers in connection with M&A transactions and strategic partnerships.
Eduard counsels clients on:
Company formation and structuring
Capital raising, including venture-backed and other private financings
Corporate governance matters
Equity incentive and employment matters
Securities law compliance
Merger and acquisitions
Experience
Eduard’s experience includes advising:
Financing and Investment Transactions
Abridge in its Series C and Series D rounds totaling over US$400 million
Autograph in its Series A and Series B financing rounds totaling over US$200 million
Cheesecake Factory in its US$200 million strategic investment from Roark Capital Group
Eventbrite in its US$130 million convertible senior notes offering
EigenLabs on its US$100 million Series B funding round
Nalu Medical on its US$80 million Series E round
Graphite on its US$52 million Series B funding round
EasyDMarc on its US$20 million Series A funding round
Pipedrive Inc. in its majority investment from Vista Equity Partners
Redemption Games in its strategic investment by AppLovin
M&A Transactions
Hotshot in its acquisition by xAI
Grail Inc. in its US$8 billion acquisition by Illumina
Honey Science Corporation in its US$4 billion acquisition by PayPal
Nestlé Health Science in its acquisition of Vital Proteins
Riot Games in its acquisition of Hypixel Studios
Sony Pictures in its acquisition of Crunchyroll
Roman Health in its acquisition of Modern Fertility, Dadi, and the Kit Company
Bird Rides in de-SPAC business combination with Switchback II Corporation
TV Time in its acquisition of Mediamorph and strategic financing
Autograph on its strategic acquisition of Future
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
California
New York
Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 2018 magna cum laude
BA in Political Science, Columbia University, 2015 summa cum laude
Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.
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