Nima H. Mohebbi

Complex Commercial Litigation and Trials

Mr. Mohebbi’s experience includes representing:

• Chess.com in high-profile defamation and antitrust suit regarding cheating allegations
• Omnicom subsidiary Mercury Public Affairs in highly publicized dispute with former partners operating in the public affairs space
• Joint BVI Liquidators of Three Arrows Capital, a prominent crypto hedge fund with billions of dollars in assets previously under management
• Leading plant-based meat company in long-running trade secret dispute with co-manufacturer; resolved favorably at trial
• Prominent media and entertainment company in high-stakes confidential arbitration over more than US$300 million in commercial assets; obtained complete victory and attorney’s fees award for client
• Emirates NBD Bank PJSC, the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates, against trade secret and fraud claims seeking more than US$1.6 billion in damages; obtained a complete defense verdict in a three-week federal jury trial; verdict affirmed on appeal
• Co-founders of a major online fashion brand in a six-week jury trial in LA Superior Court, against another cofounder, on causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conversion, constructive trust, and breach of contract — the 12-person jury awarded Latham’s clients US$36.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages and resolved key and heavily contested ownership and control disputes in favor of the clients
• Time Warner Cable in a month-long federal jury trial involving patent infringement claims by Sprint seeking several hundred million in damages; defeated Sprint’s request for more than US$300 million in treble damages
• Simon Property Group and The Macerich Company in a major breach of contract dispute with the City of Carson over a half-billion dollar redevelopment project
• Large group of lenders in complex commercial action to recover more than €1.8 billion in PIK debt against the world’s largest lead producer; obtained settlement on favorable terms
• Numerous appeals and writs of certiorari to the US Supreme Court for criminal and civil rights matters, including participation as amicus in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colo. Civil Rights Commission, 16-111

Entertainment, Technology, and Digital Content

Mr. Mohebbi regularly represents companies in the entertainment and Web3 spaces, including recently:

• The Chainsmokers in a first-of-its-kind NFT release tied to album streaming royalties
• Several celebrity entertainers in commercial and regulatory matters
• OpenSea in its acquisition of Dharma Labs
• A major NFT minter in formulating significant sports and media deal
• A NFT-minting platform in M&A and trade secret dispute
• Several DAOs in providing regulatory and dispute-resolution advice
• Atomic Fiction VFX in a sell-side M&A transaction
• Netflix in its digital and visual effects production
• RodeoFX in digital and content creation work
• Well-known e-commerce beauty company on multiple intellectual property, distribution, and internet privacy matters
• One of the largest virtual private network (VPN) companies in the world in regulatory and dispute advice

Professional Liability and Accounting

Mr. Mohebbi regularly advises and represents the Big Four accounting firms, including in:

• A multi-year intensive proceeding before the PCAOB involving the firm’s application of estimates-based accounting utilized in multiple engagements; matter closed with no action
• Dozens of regulatory proceedings before the SEC, PCAOB, and the DOJ
• A number of commercial litigation matters