Javad Husain

Javad Husain is counsel in the Corporate department of Hughes Hubbard & Reed.

Javad represents private equity and hedge fund advisers in connection with fund launches, separately managed accounts, investments, restructurings, and day-to-day issues related to fund operations.

Javad also represents corporate and financial clients in connection with debt and equity offerings, corporate governance issues, and corporate and strategic transactions.

• Representation of SPAC Isos Acquisition Corp., in its proposed $2.6 billion IPO merger with Bowlero Corp. that will take the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers public.
• Representation of CF Finance Acquisition Corp. V, a SPAC backed by New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, in a proposed $850 million IPO merger with Satellogic that will take the satellite earth imagery provider public. 
• Representation of Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in its proposed merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that will take Grab public in what is expected to be the largest SPAC merger ever ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion.
• Representation of Grab Financial Group, Southeast Asia’s leading fintech platform, in raising over $300 million in a Series A funding round led by South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd.
• Represented the underwriting group in a $2.5 billion public debt offering by ViacomCBS Inc. comprised of 4.75% and 4.9% senior notes. The underwriting group included BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities and Morgan Stanley & Co.
• Representation of RA Capital Management LLC in connection with the formation and successful launch of its inaugural venture capital fund, the RA Capital Nexus Fund.