Reza K. Mojtabaee-Zamani

reza.mojtabaee-zamani@lw.com

+1.212.906.1739

"Strong knowledge of equity capital markets with expertise in convertible notes."

Chambers USA 2024

"Always proactive and has both a creative and surgical approach to problem-solving."

Chambers USA 2024

"Tremendously capable and very experienced across the products."

Chambers USA 2024

"He is super bright and a skilled negotiator. He is excellent in navigating complexity."

Chambers USA 2023

"Reza is always willing to go the extra mile to make sure legal issues are addressed."

Chambers USA 2023

"A brilliant lawyer, who never makes clients feel silly for asking different questions."

The Legal 500 US 2023

"Reza is very smart, helpful and responsive - he always makes himself available."

Chambers USA 2023

"Very efficient, commercial and client-focused."

Chambers USA 2022

"We view Reza as one of the strongest entrepreneurial, and fun, young partners to work with."

Chambers USA 2022

“Negotiation skills with really tough lawyers on the other side continue to impress me”

Chambers USA 2021

Profile

Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Reza is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department with a focus on equity derivatives and equity-linked products, including convertible notes and related equity derivatives, structured share repurchase transactions, hedging and monetization transactions, and margin loans and other equity-based finance transactions.

Reza serves as the current Chair of Latham's New York Recruiting Committee.

Experience

Reza's experience includes advising:

The initial purchasers in the US$110 million convertible senior notes offering by Limelight Networks
The initial purchasers in connection with the US$350 million convertible senior notes offering by Pacira BioSciences
The initial purchasers in connection with the US$500 million convertible senior notes offering by LendingTree
Eventbrite in its US$130 million convertible senior notes offering
The initial purchasers in the US$175 million convertible senior notes offering by Varex Imaging
Morgan Stanley in the upsized US$750 million convertible senior notes offering by Slack Technologies
2U, Inc. in its upsized US$330 million convertible senior notes offering
Coherus BioSciences in its US$230 million convertible senior notes offering
Farfetch Limited (Farfetch.com) in its upsized US$350 million convertible senior notes offering

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

New York

Education

JD, Columbia University School of Law, 2009
BA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Practices

Industries

Financial Institutions

January 30, 2025 Recognition

Capital Markets Group of the Year: Latham

Firm honored for steering record-breaking and innovative transactions and general excellence.

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October 3, 2024 Recognition

Latham & Watkins Named Derivatives Global Law Firm of the Year

Latham honored as Global Law Firm of the Year in GlobalCapital’s Global and Americas Derivatives Awards for innovation and significant contributions to the advancement of the derivatives industry.