Jahan is chair of the firm’s Corporate Department and co-chair of the Private Funds and Asset Management practice. Jahan advises on a broad scope of private capital transactions, including preferred equity and hybrid capital, investment fund structuring and finance, venture capital and growth equity, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, private credit, convertible instruments, recapitalizations, post-reorganization equity, private investments in public equity, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and other specialized investment structures.
He has completed transactions in healthcare, medical devices, energy, pharmaceuticals, software and technology, media and internet, real estate development, financial services, consumer retail and franchised businesses, with experience doing deals in the U.S. and around the world.
In the course of these transactions, Jahan leverages his broad knowledge and experience in negotiating appropriate rights and protections, whether for minority or majority investors, for investment syndicates or for management. In structuring investments, Jahan is sensitive to his clients’ needs to both manage risk and realize returns, looking for opportunities to help them minimize or hedge transaction risk and post-closing exposure, while preserving economic upside and providing a market-efficient exit mechanism.