Arash Aminian Baghai is a corporate finance and securities law attorney, focusing in particular on complex equity derivative transactions.

Arash has advised clients on:

  • Capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings of convertible debt, straight debt, and equity, contingent equity facilities, and equity forward transactions
  • Structuring unique securities products, such as mandatorily convertible equity units and “common-tracking” preferred, including in connection with business combination transactions
  • Debt and capital restructuring transactions, including tender and exchange offers, accelerated share repurchases, and stock splits
  • Disclosure and reporting obligations under US federal securities laws
  • Corporate governance matters, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance
  • Listed company obligations under stock exchange rules

Arash’s transactional representations include:

  • The initial purchasers of Itron, Inc.’s US$805 million offering of convertible senior notes
  • BNY Mellon Capital Markets in the establishment of DDR Corp.’s US$200 million equity shelf program with an equity forward purchase option
  • The underwriters of McDermott International, Inc.’s US$286 million public offering of tangible equity units
  • Weatherford International Ltd. in its US$1.265 million registered offering of exchangeable senior notes
  • Sempra Energy in its US$1.725 million and US$575 million registered offerings of mandatory convertible preferred stock
  • The dealer-manager of Inseego Corp.’s consent solicitation and registered exchange offer of newly issued convertible notes for outstanding convertible notes
  • The underwriters of STORE Capital Corporation’s US$360 million initial public offering
  • GNC Holdings, Inc. in its private exchange of existing convertible notes for newly issued shares of common stock
  • MetLife, Inc. in its US$15.5 billion acquisition of the ALICO division of AIG*
  • Eli Lilly in its US$2.5 billion public offering of unsubordinated notes, US$1.5 billion private offering of floating rate notes, and US$1.5 billion private offering of floating rate extendible notes*
  • Prudential Retirement in the establishment of longevity swap transactions with Deutsch Bank and Rothesay Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., covering pension liabilities aggregating over £950 million*
  • Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited in its US$200 million collared accelerated stock buyback*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, 2005
  • JD, Hastings College of the Law, 2001
    magna cum laude
  • MBA, Arizona State University, 1998
  • B.Comm., University of Toronto, 1995
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August 25, 2025 Recognition

Latham Leads H1 2025 Capital Markets League Tables

Firm’s Capital Markets Practice once again earns top legal advisor league table rankings across debt and equity products and industries globally in Bloomberg, Dealogic, Deal Point Data, and LSEG.