PAYOM PIRAHESH focuses his practice on private equity funds, large asset managers, and other sophisticated market participants. He has significant experience advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies in acquisitions, divestitures, and day-to-day legal matters. Payom is a trusted adviser to portfolio company C-suites, and guides portfolio companies through the negotiation and implementation of add-on acquisitions and private equity-style employment arrangements, management incentive plans, and sale bonus plans. He additionally advises private equity funds on establishing limited partner co-investment programs and large asset managers in co-investment transactions. On the sell side, Payom counsels target companies—including founder-owned businesses—through sales to sponsors and other sophisticated acquirors. Payom represents clients across sectors, including technology; media, digital media, entertainment, and live events; consumer and retail; industrials; financial services; and professional and business services.
Payom handles a wide range of transactions including LBOs, auction processes, asset sales, carve-outs, joint ventures, co-investments, minority investments, dividend recapitalizations, and corporate governance matters.
Earlier in his career, Payom was seconded to the private equity legal group of a global New York-based alternative asset manager, giving him significant investor-side experience and insights that benefit his clients.

パートナー
Payom M. Pirahesh
- M&A
- プライベート エクイティ
経験
- 代表案件
- メンバーシップ&アクティビティ
- Lido Advisors, a nationally recognized wealth advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with over US$29 billion in Regulatory Assets Under Management (RAUM) and 40 offices across the U.S., in its partnership with BluePointe Capital Management, a Menlo Park-based RIA with more than US$870 million in RAUM.
- Gelfand, Rennert and Feldman (GRF), a full-service business management firm that represents individuals and businesses in the entertainment space, in becoming the business management hub of Focus Financial Partners in 2024 following a partnership between the two firms established in 2017.
- Webcor, a commercial builder, in the formation of Webcor Ventures, LLC and its inaugural investment in R2 Building, a second-generation modular construction firm.
- Tengram Capital Partners in its sale of HRB Brands to Sodalis Group, a European-based beauty and personal care platform.
- 9 Story Media Group, a portfolio company of ZMC, in its US$186 million sale to Scholastic.
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Thrivent), White Rose CFO 2023 Holdings, LLC (the issuer), and other affiliated entities in connection with Thrivent’s inaugural US$400 million CFO offering.
- Simeio, a portfolio company of ZMC, in its acquisition of PathMaker Group (PMG), a provider of identity management services and solutions.
- ZMC in its strategic investment in Wpromote, an independent digital marketing agency.
- CafeMedia, a portfolio company of ZMC, in its acquisition of Slickstream, an engagement product for independent publishers, from Hivepoint.
- ZMC in its acquisition of Resonate, a provider of A.I.-powered consumer data and intelligence.
- FocalPoint Securities, LLC in its sale to B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) for total consideration of up to US$175 million.
- ZMC in its acquisition of Simpler Trading, a platform for interactive online education for individual traders and investors.
- Henkels & McCoy Group Inc., a large U.S. private electrical power transmission and distribution utility services firm, in its US$600 million sale to MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ).
- ITRenew, a portfolio company of ZMC, in its sale to Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) valued at US$925 million.
- CafeMedia, a portfolio company of ZMC, in its acquisition of Topic (Chia Labs, Inc.).
- Fundamental Advisors affiliated investment funds in their acquisition of MMA Capital Holdings, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: MMAC) for US$161.7 million.
- ZMC in its acquisition of iconic comedy brand The Second City.
- AAE Aerospace in connection with its sale to Karman Missile & Space Systems, a portfolio company of Trive Capital.
- Certain Principals of Bel Air Investment Advisors in Hightower’s acquisition of Bel Air Investment Advisors from Fiera Capital Corporation.
- Exceleration Music in its formation and equity investment from Richmond Hill Investment Co.
- Millie Bobby Brown and the Brown Family in the acquisition of Florence by Mills from beauty incubator Beach House Group.
- Warner Gaming on the sale of its one-half joint venture interest in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City to Peninsula Pacific Entertainment.
- Ivanti Software, Inc., a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, in its US$872 million acquisition of MobileIron Inc.
- Ivanti Software, Inc., a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, in its strategic growth investment by TA Associates.
- Revionics, Inc. in its sale to Aptos, a portfolio company of the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and its affiliates.
- VWM Analytics in connection with its sale to the global consulting firm J.S. Held, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Kelso & Company.
- ZMC in its acquisition of Simeio Solutions.
- Coola Suncare LLC in its sale of a majority equity stake to an affiliate of a global manufacturer of household products.
- Affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC in their US$1.7 billion acquisition of Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- GRF Management Company, LLC in the acquisitions by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, LLC of substantially all of the assets of WG&S, LLP, Flynn Family Office LLC and Skeet Kaye Hopkins LLP.
- ITRenew, Inc. in its acquisition of eSISO, LLC.
- ZMC in its acquisition of CMI Marketing, Inc.
- Investor group led by investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC in its US$1.4 billion acquisition of 40.6 percent of OneMain Holdings, Inc. from affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC.
- ITRenew, Inc. as U.S. counsel in its acquisition of Splitted-Desktop Systems (SDS).
- Stockholders of Enhanced Vision Systems, Inc. in their sale to VFO, a portfolio company of investment funds managed by Vector Capital.
- ZMC in its acquisition of ITRenew, Inc.
- Investment funds managed by an affiliate of Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. in their acquisition of Sports Information Group, LLC.
- Intrepid Investment Bankers in its role as the exclusive financial advisor to Ambry Genetics Corporation in its US$1 billion sale to Konica Minolta.
- Founders of the Lagunitas Brewing Company in connection with the sale of their remaining equity stake to an affiliate of Heineken N.V.
- Advatech Pacific, Inc. in connection with its sale of substantially all of the assets of its Electronics and Communications division to General Dynamics Mission Systems.
- Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman LLP in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets to a newly created affiliate of Focus Financial Partners, as well as its entry into a management arrangement with such affiliate in connection with the sale.
- Investment funds affiliated with Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. in their acquisition of the NitroSteel and Atmosphere Annealing assets of an affiliate of Gerdau S.A.
- Financial advisor to Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. in its US$821 million acquisition of Intralinks Holdings, Inc.
- Investment funds affiliated with Siris Capital Group, LLC in the closings of their US$2 billion acquisition of Polycom, Inc. and US$654 million acquisition of Xura, Inc. (formerly Comverse).
- Investment funds affiliated with Ares Management in their acquisition of Valet Waste.
- Upstream Rehabilitation Inc., a portfolio company of investment funds affiliated with Charterhouse Equity Partners, in its sale to Revelstoke Capital Partners.
- International Strategy & Investment in its acquisition by Evercore.
- InsightExpress, a portfolio company of investment funds affiliated with General Atlantic, in its sale to Milward Brown, a WPP company.
- Circulite, a portfolio company of MacAndrews & Forbes, in its sale to Heartware.
- Investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC, along with Riverstone Holdings LLC and other investors, in the US$7.15 billion acquisition of the oil and natural gas exploration and production assets of El Paso Corporation.
Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
- Former Member, USC Marshall School of Business Undergraduate Advisory Board
- Selected, 2018 ACG Los Angeles Rising Stars Program
- Coach, UCLA School of Law Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law & Policy Transactional LawMeet Team
ニュース&インサイト
資格
弁護士資格・登録
- California
- ニューヨーク州
学歴
- UCLA School of Law, 法務博士, 2011 (Order of the Coif)
- University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, 理学士, 2008 (magna cum laude)