Haresh Prasad is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he practices in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Haresh advises public and privately held companies, including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in connection with a wide variety of corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority and strategic investments and divestitures.
Haresh has represented numerous public companies in their strategic transactions, including J.P. Morgan Chase, Publicis Groupe, Xylem, Marsh & McLennan and General Electric, among others. He has similarly represented numerous private equity clients, including Macquarie Asset Management, JPMorgan Growth Equity Partners, L Catterton, Trilantic Capital Partners, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, and their respective portfolio companies.
Haresh also previously worked for JPMorgan as part of JPMorgan’s M&A Group, where he worked on principal acquisitions, divestitures, strategic and financial investments and with respect to its warrant program. His experiences included advising on JPMorgan’s acquisition of the assets and assumption of certain liabilities of First Republic, and providing guidance to board members on general governance matters and fiduciary obligations.
Haresh received his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as the notes Editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. He graduated summa cum laude from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
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Education:
- Columbia University - 2015 Juris Doctor
- Hofstra University - 2012 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar