Payom M. Pirahesh

• 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