Niki Namazi

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Salt Lake City +1 801 877 8173

Practices

Overview

Niki Namazi is a corporate associate in the Salt Lake City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Niki’s practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Kirkland, Niki was a litigator at a Miami-based firm where she focused her practice on complex commercial disputes.

*Not admitted to practice in Utah

Since joining Kirkland, Niki has been involved in the following matters:

  • Represented Thoma Bravo as lead investor in a $70 million Series C financing round in AppOmni, the leading provider of SaaS security.
  • Represented Thoma Bravo as lead investor in a $100 million Series D financing round in Imply Data, the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid. Imply Data delivers the complete developer experience for Druid by developing innovative databases purpose-built for modern analytics applications.
  • Greenbelt Capital Partners as lead investor of a consortium in an investment with Trilantic Energy Partners II North America, Blackstone Credit and Energy Impact Partners in ION Solar LLC, a leading provider of rooftop solar sales and installations.

InternSpecial Prosecutions UnitThe United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida2018

Judicial InternHonorable Ursula UngaroUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida2017

Mark Migdal & Hayden, 2020–2021

Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, 2019–2020

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Not admitted to practice in Utah
  • 2021, California
  • 2021, District of Columbia
  • 2019, Florida

Languages

  • English
  • Farsi

Education

  • University of Miami School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2019

    Order of the Coif

    University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

  • University of FloridaB.S., Psychology2016