Mona Kalantar

Mona Kalantar is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Mergers & Acquisition and Private Equity practice groups. Mona has broad-based practice encompassing global public and private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructuring transactions and general corporate matters. She is currently on secondment.

She earned her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2020 from Northwestern University School of Law. Mona received her undergraduate degree in 2017 from University of California – Davis, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics. She is admitted to practice law in both California and Illinois.

Representative Transactions

• Veritas Capital on the recapitalization of Cotiviti, a healthcare data and technology business, with Veritas affiliates and KKR-managed investment funds.
• Citation Capital, in its $480 million acquisition of Cibo Vita, Inc. a provider of dried fruit, nuts and other snacks.
• Investcorp on its entry into the global infrastructure investment asset class with the successful completion of its acquisition of a 50% stake in Corsair Capital’s infrastructure business.
• Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition Corp. I (Nasdaq: VHNA), a special acquisition purpose company, in its $683 million business combination with Roadzen Inc., an insurance technology and infrastructure company.
• Sempra Energy in its $3.37 billion and $1.78 billion sales to KKR and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, respectively, of a non-controlling interest in Sempra Energy’s new joint venture Sempra Infrastructure Partners*
• VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc. in its initial public offering of $225 million on NASDAQ and subsequent $4 billion business combination with Dave, Inc.*
• CVC Capital Partners in its joint acquisition of a majority stake in a BlueFocus International agencies*

* Includes engagements prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• Private Equity

Credentials

Education:

• Northwestern University - 2020 Juris Doctor
• University of California, Davis - 2017 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar
• Illinois Bar