Hamed Meshki, P.C.

Hamed Meshki is a corporate partner in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on highly structured and complex business transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, recapitalizations and financings. Hamed has structured, negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including apparel, broadcast media, consumer products, energy and oilfield services, gaming and lodging, healthcare, industrials and manufacturing, publishing, software and technology, sports and entertainment, and transportation and shipping.

Clients describe Hamed as someone who “excels at strategic thinking,” is “incredibly smart,” and possesses “a very strong business sense.” Clients note also that he is “a true partner” whose input they trust and value.

Hamed has been recognized by Chambers USA for more than a decade and is ranked Band 1 for Private Equity: Buyouts in California. In 2026, the Los Angeles Business Journal named him on its inaugural “Leaders of Influence: M&A” list, and he has received repeated recognition on its “Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Investors & Advisors” list. Also in 2026, Hamed was named a finalist for “Dealmakers of the Year” by The Recorder as part of the California Legal Awards. In 2024, the Los Angeles Times Studios recognized him as a “Legal Visionary.” Earlier in his career, the Daily Journal named him to its “Top 40 Under 40” list of California lawyers, Private Funds Management included him in its global “30 Under 40” list, describing him as “a natural problem solver,” and The Recorder selected him as one of “50 California Lawyers on the Fast Track.” In its 2017 Global Awards, Finance Monthly named Hamed “USA Private Equity Lawyer of the Year.” The Legal 500 U.S. has repeatedly recognized Hamed and described him as “creative” and “commercially minded,” and IFLR1000 has recommended him for Mergers & Acquisitions since 2019.

Transactions led by Hamed have received coverage by leading media outlets, including The Deal, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Reuters, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The American Lawyer and the Daily Journal. His representation of Anastasia Beverly Hills was recognized by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) as “Deal of the Year.”