Haresh Prasad is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he practices in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Haresh advises public and privately held companies, including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in connection with a wide variety of corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority and strategic investments and divestitures.

Haresh received his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as the notes Editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. He graduated summa cum laude  from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.

Haresh was previously an associate at Gibson Dunn from 2015 to 2022. From 2022 to 2024 Haresh represented JPMorgan, as part of JPMorgan’s M&A Group, in its principal acquisitions, divestitures, strategic and financial investments and warrant programs, including in JPMorgan’s acquisition of the assets and assumption of certain liabilities of First Republic. He also provided guidance to board members on governance matters and fiduciary obligations.