Behzad Gohari
Corporate & Securities Attorney
Mr. Gohari has spent his career at the intersection of capital markets, law, and technology. Over two decades, and through a dozen startups, he has acted as founder, investor and strategic advisor, as well as utilizing his expertise in cross-border transactions, involving debt and equity financing. In addition to corporate development, equity investments and placements, as well as various securities offerings and financing transactions, he has served as a strategic advisor to startups from the software and biotechnology industries. He has successfully guided his clients and portfolio companies through two of the largest financial crises of the past century developing unique expertise and a deeper appreciation of the interaction between international financial regulation, and the impact of interlocking regulatory regimes on the global markets.
In addition to his JD, he has an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and an LLM with Distinction in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Gohari has been quoted by Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Chicago Tribune, Compliance Week and the Law360 Blog. He has been published in the Westlaw Journal of Securities Regulation, National Mortgage News, Bank Systems & Technology, and Wall Street & Technology as an author. His academic interest is the prevention, management, and mitigation of systemic crises. Mr. Gohari has lived, worked and studied in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
- Securities Law
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Maryland
- Supreme Court of Maryland
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- Farsi: Spoken, Written
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- Gohari Legal Group
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- Adjunct Professor
- Washington College of Law - American University
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- Adjunct Professor
- University of Maryland - College Park - Honors College
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- Georgetown University Law Center
- LL.M. (2013) | Securities & Financial Regulation
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- Georgetown University
- MBA (1996)
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- Widener University Delaware School of Law
- J.D. (1994)
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- University of Maryland - College Park
- B.A. (1990)
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- CALI
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD
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- Maryland State Bar Association
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- Say hello to deeper recessions with Fed audit
- Orlando Sentinel
- The New Global Financial Regulatory Order: Can Macroprudential Regulation Prevent Another Global Financial Disaster
- The Journal of Corporation Law
- Best Practices For Regulatory Compliance
- Bank Systems & Technology
- Can Technology Help Prevent the Next Financial Crisis?
- Bank Systems & Technology
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- Gohari Legal Group
