Massumi + Consoli Accelerates Nationwide Growth with Strategic Hire in Los Angeles

Negin Nazemi Joins from Gibson Dunn as Firm Expands to Support Demand for Partner-Led Middle Market Private Equity Counsel

LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Massumi + Consoli, a nationwide law firm recognized for its leading private equity and M&A practice, is pleased to announce that Negin Nazemi has joined the firm as a Partner in its Private Equity and M&A practice in Los Angeles.  

Her addition deepens the firm's bench of top-tier deal lawyers and reinforces its commitment to scaling with talent aligned to client priorities in the key markets in which they operate. Negin, who was a Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is the latest in a string of recent strategic hires as Massumi + Consoli scales nationally in response to growing client demand. In the past two months alone, Massumi + Consoli has welcomed several senior partners across offices, including Lewis Zirogiannis, Dov Kogen, Gregory Cage, James R. Morrissey and Kyle R. Johnson.

"We're seeing significant and sustained demand for middle market private equity counsel delivered by highly engaged, partner-led teams," said Peter Massumi, co-founder of Massumi + Consoli. "As we expand nationally to meet that demand, we're also growing thoughtfully in Los Angeles—where the firm was founded and where many of our clients operate—to ensure we continue to deliver the value, responsiveness and partner attention clients expect from us."

Negin advises private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers on complex M&A and investment transactions across a wide range of sectors, including technology, energy and infrastructure, healthcare, business services and industrials. With well over a decade of experience, she brings deep insight into transaction structuring, deal execution and long-term value creation for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.

"Our growth has been deliberate and demand-driven, focused on adding the right people in the right places," said Anthony Consoli, co-founder of Massumi + Consoli. "Negin is a natural fit for our team and our platform. She brings both top-tier private equity M&A experience and a client-first approach that aligns with how we do business. Her arrival is another powerful reflection of M+C's momentum and sustained upward trajectory."

"Massumi + Consoli has built something rare: a high-caliber middle market transactional platform with an entrepreneurial mindset and a deep focus on client service," said Negin. "I'm excited to be part of the team as it continues to grow."

About Massumi + Consoli
Massumi + Consoli is a nationwide, Chambers-ranked law firm that delivers exceptional expertise and unmatched client experience specifically tailored to the middle market needs of private equity firms and other financial sponsors, as well as other dynamic and acquisitive enterprises. Founded in 2015 as a spin-out from the Private Equity and M&A Group of Kirkland & Ellis, the firm's approach combines the proficiency of the best large international law firms with a highly personalized, boutique experience.

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