Latham & Watkins LLP

Javad Mostofizadeh advises venture capital, growth equity, and private equity funds on a full range of investment management matters, from fund formation and structuring to day-to-day operations and investor relations.

An experienced and versatile practitioner, Javad delivers trusted counsel to US and international funds in connection with their key business, legal, and strategic issues. He brings experience across a variety of investment areas and fund types, including venture capital funds (ranging from seed to late stage), growth equity funds, private equity funds, opportunity funds, funds-of-funds, and SPVs.

Javad advises clients regarding:

• • Preparation of offering materials
  • Negotiations with investors on fund formation matters
  • Drafting partnership, LLC, and other governing documents
  • Counseling fund managers on all aspects of day-to-day operational and governance matters

Javad also has significant experience with income taxation matters relevant to investment funds.

Javad frequently writes on topics in the investment funds space. He served as a contributing author to the Thomson Reuters treatise “The Acquisition and Sale of the Emerging Growth Company: The M&A Exit.”